Female Colonial Poets Answers

Which phrases are examples of figurative language that Anne Bradstreet uses to communicate her themes?

“ill-form’d offspring” and “feeble brain”

“snatched from thence” and “less wise than true”

“errors were not lessened” and “all may judg”

Which phrases are examples of figurative language that Phillis Wheatley uses to communicate her themes?

“thunder shook” and “majestic grandeur”

“sun forsook the eastern main” and “beauteous dies are spread”

“fill’d with the praise” and “labours of the day begin”

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