" For his father was as strong as an ox and as stubborn as a mule." is an example of direct characterization
The line is, "For French of Paris was not hers to know.".
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The excerpt given above is taken from Phillis Wheatley's poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America". The word sable literally means color black. In this line, Wheatley uses the word "sable" to indicate sense of inferiority. The author is an African and their race color is different from the rest.
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