On Being Brought from Africa to America Literary Elements

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On Being Brought from Africa to America analysis - Phillis Wheatley Poem

IAMBIC PENTAMETER
HEROIC COUPLET
END RHYME
PERSONIFICATION
"Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land"
"Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train."
"land” & “understand” “too” & “knew” “eye” & “die"
In the poem, Wheatley personifies ‘Mercy’ by saying it brought her to America. This is also a metaphor since mercy could not actually bring her to America, making the statement figurative or metaphorical.

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