One could say that; Phillis was detached from the brutality of slavery in that time in History. This explanation clearly states the version of slavery lived is not the same as others. “The slave ship’s captain thinking she was dying; Wheatley was sold to Susanna Wheatley. The Wheatleys soon discovered her literary talent and so taught her to read and write along with their own children” (Mueller and Williams 250). Having access to history, religious writing, and a variety of literature; propelled her to writing poetry and published at the young age of thirteen. “Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) was the first published African American poet and the first African woman whose writings were published” (Odeh 51). Phillis had a great awareness for
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Although the poem "Liberty and Peace" (Wheatley 250) was written in the 1700s and the skin color of the writer was a factor; evaluating this literature through analysis of class and the context of the poem was written in time of slavery and people were not treated …show more content…
The poem illustrates how the end of the Revolutionary war was successful and George Washington given recognition in this poem in the beginning of the poem “LO! Freedom comes” (Wheatley line 1). Phillis wrote this poem only in the way she was told to view the world; the environment where she grew up and was exposed too, for most of her life. This poem states what class Phillis was exposed too. The knowledge of history learned by Phillis in that time about the beginning of American society puts her in a different class among her peer group. Explained here: “Her Port describ’d, she moves divinely fair, Olive and Laurel bind her golden Hair” (Wheatley lines 4-5); describing George Washington as figure of peace. The critical approach displayed in this paragraph is Marxist and Social criticism which explains: “The effects of sanctioned economic inequality on human beings and entire societies” (Mueller and Williams
Although the poem "Liberty and Peace" (Wheatley 250) was written in the 1700s and the skin color of the writer was a factor; evaluating this literature through analysis of class and the context of the poem was written in time of slavery and people were not treated …show more content…
The poem illustrates how the end of the Revolutionary war was successful and George Washington given recognition in this poem in the beginning of the poem “LO! Freedom comes” (Wheatley line 1). Phillis wrote this poem only in the way she was told to view the world; the environment where she grew up and was exposed too, for most of her life. This poem states what class Phillis was exposed too. The knowledge of history learned by Phillis in that time about the beginning of American society puts her in a different class among her peer group. Explained here: “Her Port describ’d, she moves divinely fair, Olive and Laurel bind her golden Hair” (Wheatley lines 4-5); describing George Washington as figure of peace. The critical approach displayed in this paragraph is Marxist and Social criticism which explains: “The effects of sanctioned economic inequality on human beings and entire societies” (Mueller and Williams