What was the purpose of Phillis Wheatley’s poems?

What was the purpose of Phillis Wheatley’s poems? Religious imagery is everywhere in Wheatley’s poetry, and it is clear that, whatever subject she addresses or whomever she addresses (from George Washington to the Earl of Dartmouth), her principal purpose—even her sole purpose, since all subsidiary concerns are facets of it—is to express her Christian faith … Continue reading What was the purpose of Phillis Wheatley’s poems?