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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts "To S.M. a Young African Painter on Seeing His Work" by Phillis Wheatley and "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley" by Jupiter Hammon. No additional sources cited.
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Bible, to those who were more adequately taught to read and write, who could find answers to life in the Bible, Christianity has served to offer hope and explanation to
many African American slaves. The following paper examines two poems, one written by Phillis Wheatley and one written to Phillis Wheatley. The paper first discusses ""To S.M. a Young African
Painter on Seeing His Work" by Phillis Wheatley and then "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley" by Jupiter Hammon. The paper finishes with a comparison and contrast of the two.
To S.M. a Young African Painter In Wheatleys poem we see a sort of religious reverence for the painting, or paintings, she is looking at. She claims, " Still,
wondrous youth! each noble path pursue,/ On deathless glories fix thine ardent view" (Wheatley 7-8). Wheatley, having been educated very well, uses a sort of finery to present the reader
with her images, that again resemble a sort of religious reverence. She was, herself, a very religious woman and looked to God for many of her answers. Her poem essentially
praises the beauty of this painters work. It tells the reader who she is simply in awe of the beauty presented. And, although there are no real solid illustrations that
would lead one to believe there is any religious elements in the poem, the manner in which she presents the poem is, again, filled with a sort of religious reverence:
"And may the charms of each seraphic theme/ Conduct thy footsteps to immortal fame!/ High to the blissful wonders of the skies/ Elate thy soul, and raise thy wishful eyes"
(Wheatley 11-14). An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley This particular poem is one that is clearly aimed at Wheatley and one that speaks of how Wheatley should aim
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