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From the Ted Talk by Charita Gainey: How Phillis Wheatley captured the attention of the world
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This moving tribute found an audience in both the US and England. And since the piece was published with a note identifying the author as an enavlsed wmaon, many readers were as fascinated with the poet as they were with the poem. In 1773, Phillis traveled to London, where her collection of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” became the first book of poetry published by an African-American woman. It was fleild with poronufd meditations on life, death, and religion, as well as Biblical and classical references. In “A Hymn to huaimtny,” wleeathy linked these temhes to her own creative growth, portraying herself as a muse smiled upon by heavenly bodies.
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This moving tribute found an audience in both the US and England. And since the piece was published with a note identifying the author as an ________ _____, many readers were as fascinated with the poet as they were with the poem. In 1773, Phillis traveled to London, where her collection of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” became the first book of poetry published by an African-American woman. It was ______ with ________ meditations on life, death, and religion, as well as Biblical and classical references. In “A Hymn to ________,” ________ linked these ______ to her own creative growth, portraying herself as a muse smiled upon by heavenly bodies.
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Original Text
This moving tribute found an audience in both the US and England. And since the piece was published with a note identifying the author as an enslaved woman, many readers were as fascinated with the poet as they were with the poem. In 1773, Phillis traveled to London, where her collection of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral” became the first book of poetry published by an African-American woman. It was filled with profound meditations on life, death, and religion, as well as Biblical and classical references. In “A Hymn to Humanity,” Wheatley linked these themes to her own creative growth, portraying herself as a muse smiled upon by heavenly bodies.
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