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![Arrival to America Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa in modern day Senegal or Gambia, her date of birth is not exactly known but it is believed that she […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/slave-regions-115x115.jpg "Early Life")
Early Life
Posted on | No CommentsArrival to America Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa in modern day Senegal or Gambia, her date of birth is not exactly known but it is believed that she […] -
![From a young age Phillis Wheatley showed uncommon intelligence and curiosity for learning. Mary Wheatley, the 18 year old daughter of John and Susanna Wheatley, took Phillis as a student […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Phillis-Wheatley-education1-115x115.jpg "Education")
Education
Posted on | No CommentsFrom a young age Phillis Wheatley showed uncommon intelligence and curiosity for learning. Mary Wheatley, the 18 year old daughter of John and Susanna Wheatley, took Phillis as a student […] -
![Influence on Wheatley’s work Inspired by classical Greek and Latin poetry Phillis used a style of writing called elegiac. An elegy is a type of poetic meter in which each […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/phillis-wheatley-quill-pen-in-hand-115x115.jpg "Poetry and Fame")
Poetry and Fame
Posted on | No CommentsInfluence on Wheatley’s work Inspired by classical Greek and Latin poetry Phillis used a style of writing called elegiac. An elegy is a type of poetic meter in which each […] -
![Freedom Before the publication of her book, , Phillis traveled to England to meet her sponsor Selina Hastings. Phillis made an impression in the London society and networked among wealthy […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Portrait-of-Phillis-Wheatley-115x115.jpg "Later Life and Death")
Later Life and Death
Posted on | No CommentsFreedom Before the publication of her book, , Phillis traveled to England to meet her sponsor Selina Hastings. Phillis made an impression in the London society and networked among wealthy […] -
![Phillis Wheatley’s Christian upbringing played a key role in . By using religion as the main force in her poetry she was able to build a bridge between herself, an […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quill1-115x115.jpg "Poems")
Poems
Posted on | No CommentsPhillis Wheatley’s Christian upbringing played a key role in . By using religion as the main force in her poetry she was able to build a bridge between herself, an […] -
![In 1773 Phillis Wheatley published her first and what was to be her only book of poetry. After failing to find a publisher in the colonies, Selina Hastings, the countess […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral-115x115.jpg "“Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral”")
“Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral”
Posted on | No CommentsIn 1773 Phillis Wheatley published her first and what was to be her only book of poetry. After failing to find a publisher in the colonies, Selina Hastings, the countess […] -
![I. ADIEU, New–England’s smiling meads, Adieu, the flow’ry plain: I leave thine op’ning charms, O spring, And tempt the roaring main. II. In vain for me the flow’rets rise, […]](http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral1-115x115.jpg "“A Farewell to America. To Mrs. S. W.”")
“A Farewell to America. To Mrs. S. W.”
Posted on | No CommentsI. ADIEU, New–England’s smiling meads, Adieu, the flow’ry plain: I leave thine op’ning charms, O spring, And tempt the roaring main. II. In vain for me the flow’rets rise, […] -
“A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months”
Posted on | No CommentsThrough airy roads he wings his instant flight To purer regions of celestial light; Enlarg’d he sees unnumber’d systems roll, Beneath him sees the universal whole, Planets on planets run […] -
“A Rebus by I. B”
Posted on | No CommentsI. A BIRD delicious to the taste, On which an army once did feast, Sent by an hand unseen; A creature of the horned race, Which Britain’s royal standards grace; […] -
“An Answer to the Rebus, by the Author of these Poems”
Posted on | No CommentsTHE poet asks, and Phillis can’t refuse To show th’ obedience of the Infant muse. She knows the Quail of most inviting taste Fed Israel’s army in the dreary waste; […]
