Phillis Wheatley

LitCharts guides for works by Phillis Wheatley

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Phillis Wheatley. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Phillis Wheatley's poetry.

On Being Brought from Africa to America

"On Being Brought from Africa to America" is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley, published in her 1773 poetry collection "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral." The poem describes Wheatle... view guide

To the University of Cambridge, in New England

"To the University of Cambridge, in New England" is an early poem by Phillis Wheatley, the first Black woman to publish English-language poetry. Her first (and only) collection, Poems on Various Su... view guide