... The crown upon your brows may flourish long, And that your arm may in your God be strong!
O may your sceptre num'rous nations sway,
And all with love and readiness obey!
But how shall we the British king reward!
Rule thou in peace, and our lord!
Midst the remembrance of thy favours past,
The meanest peasants most admire the last...
- "To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty,"
Phillis Wheatley
How does Wheatley's use of couplets relate lines
to one another?
o It creates pairs of lines.
O It creates separate lines.
o It creates pairs of stanzas.
DONE

the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.