Please use attachment to answer the following questions...
Hammon was a slave in the North at the time when slaves in the South were forbidden to read and write. Why were Hammon and other slaves in the North allowed to learn to read and write while those in the South were not?
What is the subject of the poem? Now consider the rhythm? (Make sure you understand what rhythm means in this context.) Do the two (the subject and the rhythm) go together? Why/why not?
What specific words in "Bars Fight" let you know how Terry feels about both those killed and those who killed them? Explain your answer(s).
What three races of people are in the "Bars Fight"? Do you find any comic elements in the poem? If yes, give a specific example from the poem to support your answer.
Wheatley was the first to do what in African American literature?
As with Jupiter Hammon, critics are divided over Wheatley being a "protest poet" or not. Review the positions of the critics in Wheatley's biography in your text . After reading the above poem, with which side do you agree? Why? Give specific examples from the poem to support your opinion
Look up the meaning of allusion as used in rhetoric/literature. What examples of allusions do you find in "On Being Brought From Africa?" In Wheatley's other poem assigned, "To the University of Cambridge"? What idea is repeated in both poems?