Female Colonial Poets Answers

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Which phrases are examples of figurative language that Anne Bradstreet uses to communicate her themes?

“ill-form’d offspring” and “feeble brain”

“snatched from thence” and “less wise than true”

“errors were not lessened” and “all may judg”

Which phrases are examples of figurative language that Phillis Wheatley uses to communicate her themes?

“thunder shook” and “majestic grandeur”

“sun forsook the eastern main” and “beauteous dies are spread”

“fill’d with the praise” and “labours of the day begin”

All of the following are strong points of comparison. Check any you included in your paragraph.

Both use couplets for their rhyme scheme and structure.

Both use figurative language to express their inner thoughts.

Bradstreet’s topics are writing and self-criticism, while Wheatley’s topic is the beauty of nature.

Wheatley uses more nature imagery than Bradstreet, and the nature imagery connects to the poem’s topic.

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