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Phillis Wheatley's poetry is considered_____________?
Correct answer: B. Typical of Colonial poetry.
- A. Highly original.
- B. Typical of Colonial poetry.
- C. Progressive and challenging.
- D. Abolitionist in subject.
Explanation
Phillis Wheatley's verse follows the neoclassical conventions and religious subjects typical of eighteenth-century Colonial poetry, despite her remarkable achievement as an enslaved poet. It is therefore not usually classified as highly original or primarily abolitionist.
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