Phillis Wheatley Flashcards

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1
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She had an excellent education emphasizing ……….. and …….…

A

History and literature

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She was Free in Africa but in spiritual bondage. Bondage in American but Spiritual Freedom.”……………..

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To the University of Cambridge

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3
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This compares what science to the blessing of the knowledge of salvation?

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Astronomy

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What is particularly unusual about the style of the poem is that ?

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it is written in blank verse.

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Know the blue print words …… what are the muses?

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Classical goddesses of poetry and learning.

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First stanza …….. God

A

Addressed

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Who does the rest of the stanzas addresses ?

A

The audience

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Second stanza links the secular study of astronomy to the awareness of divine matter.(which verse)

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“On Being brought from Africa to America”

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9
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Charges Christians to remember that God invites all people to come to him for what?

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Salvation

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10
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Her play on words about the color of her skin is to emphasize on what?

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The blackness of the soul without Christ.

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Both of her poems are similar in her message:that all men may have ………….. Through Christ and her …….. To God for bringing her to America.

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Redemption & praise

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