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Comment 12 of 12, added on November 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 PM.
Hello?? What is wrong with you people??? Wheatley was pro-slavery! She
happened to find herself in a cushty situation where she got bed, board and
a priveleged education, so she went "sod the rest of my race", who she knew
full well were being abused and exploited. She was the one person who could
have helped emancipate her race, she could have written about the horrors
of slavery, she could have shown that slaves were intelligent, equal
humans, but she chose not to, because she happened to have it good. She is
not a poetic pioneer, she is a race raitor. And a really avergae poet.
Trixie Santini from Canada
Comment 11 of 12, added on May 30th, 2009 at 2:03 PM.
Phyllis Wheatly refers to her homeland as Pagan, meaning
non-monotheistic...unfortunatley, the word has a negative connotation...if
she were to write the poem today i believe she would have changed the word
for another...her homeland may have been non-monotheistic at the time but
never non-spiritual...
ilene novick from United States
Comment 10 of 12, added on January 13th, 2009 at 11:46 PM.
I love it! Phyllis is a wonderful poet who is not afraid to express emotion
in poems. I wish I was more like her.
Ingid from United States
Comment 9 of 12, added on February 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 PM.
Phyliss Wheatley seems to support slavery in all her poems. I don't know if
she is extremely positive or she is just not aware of her servitude.
Bisan from Palestine
Comment 8 of 12, added on February 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 PM.
Phyliss Wheatley seems to support slavery in all her poems. I don't know if
she is extremely positive or she is just not aware of her servitude.
Bisan from Palestine
Comment 7 of 12, added on February 20th, 2008 at 3:29 PM.
this poem
is amazing
it has inspired me in so many
ways. it really gets you thinking about your life.
it makes me feel so many emotions but this
is an amazing poem and phillis wheatley to me
is the best poet
blonde hottie [brianna] from United States
Comment 6 of 12, added on January 29th, 2006 at 10:23 AM.
This is an excellent written poem. THe first time I read it,it was
confusing with all the harder words, but the more I read it, the more I
liked the poem. Phillis Wheatley was a great poet and had a unique writting
style!
Amanda from United States
Comment 5 of 12, added on January 23rd, 2006 at 10:44 AM.
Phillis was a slave and a great woman who learned to read and write on her
own.
Manuel Nunez from United States
Comment 4 of 12, added on January 23rd, 2006 at 10:41 AM.
People can learn a lot from Phillis Wheatley's poems.
She was a great women to allow others to listen to her poems and let thenm
take a chance at being a famous person too.
Tiana Tosado from United States
Comment 3 of 12, added on January 23rd, 2006 at 10:39 AM.
Sounds like a nice person.
Justice Gerena from United States
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Hello?? What is wrong with you people??? Wheatley was pro-slavery! She
happened to find herself in a cushty situation where she got bed, board and
a priveleged education, so she went "sod the rest of my race", who she knew
full well were being abused and exploited. She was the one person who could
have helped emancipate her race, she could have written about the horrors
of slavery, she could have shown that slaves were intelligent, equal
humans, but she chose not to, because she happened to have it good. She is
not a poetic pioneer, she is a race raitor. And a really avergae poet.
Trixie Santini from Canada