The poem takes place in the 1700s, also known as the revolutionary period. the writings of phillis wheatley are influenced by the morality of slavery and the hard times faced in the revolution, and afterwards when the government was slowly being formed. phillis wrote this to describe the beauty of the evening. phillis uses several techniques to make the poem exceptional. for instance, she uses a definite scheme "soon as the sun forsook the eastern main". the poem uses unfamiliar words for most people of this time period. zephyr - a west wind. this is used to describe how the wind is personified as a bird carrying that scent of spring with it. this use of imagery is normal but the language shows that the time is different. in addition the literature has many places that no longer resemble what is in the poem?