![]() ![]() My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. ![]() I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold, Or all the riches that the East doth hold. ![]() If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me ye women if you can. To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we. 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. I picked the following poems: 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. I am deaf to meter, and am struggling with this assignment. Hello, I need help in identifying iambic pentameter in the works of Phillis Wheatley and Anne Bradstreet. ![]()
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