A story, a novel, a writing, a poem- all many different ways that authors compose their thoughts into writing. While may keep private self thinking journals others write to be heard. For instance, Phillis Wheatley is an author that uses her words to make sound. In her poem the “Niobe in Distress for her Children slain by Apollo”, Wheatley uses a bold tone in a creative way to share her introspection. First and foremost, the most interesting part about Wheatley’s poem is how she sets up her tone in the beginning of the story. In the first verse, she bring herself into the story as almost an introduction to who she is. She asks Apollo, the god, not only of the sun but of poetry, that she will phrase the next stanzas properly. She states that
