Poets use imagery, or language that appeals to readers’ senses, both to create a vivid experience for readers and to communicate
ideas. what imagery does Wheatley use in the first stanza of “To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth” (Lines 1-14)? How does this imagery express her hopes about Earl?
Wheatley uses strong imagery to personify Freedom as a goddess. She uses the phrase "her race no longer mourns" so show how miserable they all were before becoming free, then brings in a lot of floral and spring imagery to represent the goddess (freedom).
This shows her hopes for the Earl to continue to make New England prosperous and happy in their new freedom.
