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Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley. Born July 11 th 1761 Died December 1784. By: John Denslow. Inspiration.

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Phillis Wheatley

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  1. Phillis Wheatley Born July 11th 1761 Died December 1784 By: John Denslow

  2. Inspiration Phillis Wheatley was inspired by a pen when she saw someone writing with it. Then her parents inspired her to start learning and to stop doing chores. She soon became known for her amazing poetry and was inspired by people who enjoyed her work. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the king were expecting to meet her!

  3. Nonfiction All of her poems are nonfiction.

  4. An Hymn to the Evening Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main The pealing thunder shook the heav’nly plain; Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr’s wing, Exhales the incense of the blooming spring. Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes, And through the air their mingled music floats. Through all the heav’ns what beauteous dies are spread! But the west glories in the deepest red: So may our breasts with ev’ry virtue glow, The living temples of our God below! Fill’d with the praise of him who gives the light, And draws the sable curtains of the night, Let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind, At morn to wake more heav’nly, more refin’d; So shall the labours of the day begin More pure, more guarded from the snares of sin. Night’s leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes, Then cease, my song, till fair Aurora rise.

  5. Meaning The meaning to this poem is that she is trying to show the beauty of everything and the meaning when it comes to not.

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