While Bradstreet used subtleties to express her writing opinions, Wheatley was more of string of logical statements that could be easily connected to make her argument accepted. Wheatley begins her poem by explaining what her life in America has given her, “‘Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, / Taught my benighted soul to understand / That there's a God, that there's a Savior too” (Wheatley 1-3) but later notes, “Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, / May be refined, and join the angelic train” (Wheatley 7-8). She uses this progression of thought to establish two separate ideas for her audience and then have them end up finding logic in her overall message. To begin, she uses her experience to express her change of character