Phyllis Wheatley refers to many things, which have multiple meanings. She also refers to color and darkness in several different ways. There is an argument that she wants to make between skin tone and salvation. Phyllis expresses her thoughts in a very bizarre way. In some cases it can misinterpreted what she is trying to say. Although she writes in a different way she is a very talented writer.
There are a few lines that expresses color in Wheatley’s poem. The lines are, “some view our sable race with scornful eye, Their colour is a diabolic die"(Wheatley, On Being Brought, 5-6). Sable is an animal that has valuable black fur, which can relate to how the blacks were valuable in the scene of slavery. As the poem goes on she demonstrates
There are a few lines that expresses color in Wheatley’s poem. The lines are, “some view our sable race with scornful eye, Their colour is a diabolic die"(Wheatley, On Being Brought, 5-6). Sable is an animal that has valuable black fur, which can relate to how the blacks were valuable in the scene of slavery. As the poem goes on she demonstrates