Question

pls help On Being Brought from Africa to America
by Phillis Wheatley

'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Which literary element is responsible for the change of tone in the last couplet of the poem?



diction



irony



imagery



syntax

Answer 3

Irony.

Answer 4

What does the allusion to Cain signify in the poem?



skin color



virtue



sin



state of mind

Answer 5

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