How Does Hayden Change The Point Of View Of A Letter From Phillis Wheatley

An anonymous poet expresses "painting is poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks", this relates to the poem A Letter from Phillis Wheatley by Robert Hayden through his abstract approach of using the character Wheatley as the speaker. The role of Wheatley is vital to the poems point of view, by using Wheatley he demonstrates the view of an enslaved African American who is also is the first African American poet to be published (O’Neale). In Hayden’s technique, he uses the character Wheatley as a spokesman, this point of view places emphasis on the literature cultural and freeplay.
Now, if Hayden changed the point of view of the poem it would take away from the cultural vitality of the first African American published poet. Changing the