What elements did Phillis Wheatley borrow from the poetic style of her day? free verse and personification

complex rhyme schemes and foreign words

casual diction and revolutionary ideas

formal language and religious themes

free verse and personification

Explanation:

Philis Wheatley was a writer who was formerly a slave in America brought in from Africa. Her style of poetry was using the couplet, written in iambic pentameter and elegies.

The elements that she borrowed from the poetic style of her day were free verse and personification

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