Phyllis Wheatley, a woman who was brought to America as a slave at a very young age grew up to be an educated, intellectual woman that wrote poems that were based on her experiences and life as a slave (Odeh51-7). She knew when to used her own feelings, using the feelings of others, and when to use her religion. One of her famous poems that were read in class was “On Being Brought from Africa to America”, she seeks positive in a negative situation. She was taken from her land and taken to a new environment she was not familiar with. During her transition she accepts Christianity and seeks redemption in her journey from a freed person to a slave. “On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age” was not as famous as the first poem that was stated but it closely relates to the message Wheatley was conveying. In this poem a young girl is dead and her parents are mourning her death. She states that you should try to seek the positive in a negative situation. Phyllis Wheatley clearly shows that she write about different subjects but still share a similar imagery and setting that conveys the same message. To see how the two poems are related, comparing and contrasting them is done to see how versatile Wheatley was when writing. Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America”, she discusses her views on enslavement and her Christian faith (Levernier 25). The poem is about a young slave who was kidnapped and taken from her homeland and taken to America to be sold. During her journey the young slave implies that she was thankful and accepted the fact that they are slave because it brought them to salvation and converted their faith to Christianity. Wheatley portrayed that not only did it bring a new religion to the young slave but it brought a new religion to thousands of other slaves whole lifestyle back in Africa would have condemned them to hell. Wheatley showed that anyone can reach a level of spirituality no matter th