Why would poets choose one form over another? a: poets prefer theme over form, so they use the first form they think of. b: poets use form to reinforce the overall effect of the poem. c: poets use the form that literary critics want to read.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

a is the indefinite article