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![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 […] -
![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 […]
