Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread! But the west glories in the deepest red:


What is Wheatley describing in this couplet?


blood shed in war


the setting of the sun


her view of the afterlife


the advance of the British troops

Answer 1

Wheatley describing in this couplet is death. What leads me to think this is he word “afterlife” as he describes the blood bleeding out might mean from the British troops have killed many. Basically many lives were lost in one day (as the sunset came) ....hope this helps

Answer 2

MAYBE It is the setting of the sun.