Question

Compare and contrast the lives and writing of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley

Answer 1

Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley both of them wrote interesting commentaries on the condition of the nascent nation.

Bradstreet wrote positive poems on the topic of progress and development whereas Wheatley wrote on anti-slavery topics which had a negative tone.

Both of them were hopeful of the New World.

Answer 2

• Anne Bradstreet was a daughter of a Governor and married the following Governor of Massachusetts.

• Phillis Wheatley was captured, enslaved and sold to Mr. John Wheatley.

• Anne was the first female poet to publish in America while Phillis was the first black female poet to publish there. Both were classical poets.

• Anne's poems were out of her day to day life experiences whereas Phillis's poems were religious based on Christianity and pilgrimages.