Wheatley Elegy Worksheet

A student worksheet for analyzing Phillis Wheatley's elegiac poetry. Includes sections for warm-up brainstorming, video imagery tracking, an annotated text excerpt of her George Whitefield poem, and a creative writing prompt for a modern 4-line elegy.

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Wheatley Elegy Worksheet