Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley Two colonial neoclassical poets

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Learning Goals

Students will demonstrate their understanding of how:

·       to read critically as a process in explicating a poem;

·        historical and cultural context can reveal an author’s purpose;

·        historical and cultural context impacts a text;

·        authors create mood and tone through figurative language, diction and syntax;

·        authors choose words carefully for their connotative meaning;

·        authors express arguments through their texts;

·        motifs develop themes;

·        authors appeal to ethos, their credibility.

The Bradstreet / Wheatley Packet (PDF 37 KB)
The packet includes the poems, biographies, and analytical questions designed to help you ascertain the purpose and meaning of the poems.

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