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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral · Chapter
Dedication explained
Phillis Wheatley respectfully dedicates her collection of poems to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, expressing her humility and devotion as a servant.
What happens
Phillis Wheatley respectfully dedicates her collection of poems to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, expressing her humility and devotion as a servant.
Characters to notice
- Phillis Wheatley
The author and dedicating servant, inscribing her poems to the Countess of Huntingdon.
Key passages
“To the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon , The following Poems Are most respectfully Inscribed, By her much obliged, Very humble, And devoted Servant, Phillis Wheatley. Boston, June 12, 1771 .”
Phillis Wheatley, as a humble and devoted servant, respectfully dedicates these poems to the Countess of Huntingdon.
This dedication establishes the patron relationship and the formal tone of the work.