Although I really enjoyed the poems I felt like they did not help me to understand Pocahontas any further. They all seemed to tell more about the person writing the poem than about the real person of Pocahontas. Whether that meant writing about her beauty, or strength or calling her a hero or a trader, the poems told more about the writer. It was clear to see the true intent of most of these poems. They told how Pocahontas was being portrayed in the time it was written. While Cornstalk wrote in an upbeat, sexualized way, Thackeray wrote a in a heroic tone while Allen wrote about the Englishmen with a negative vibe. All about the same person, all are very different perspectives.
Overall this helps show that there are less facts about her as a historical figure and more is written about her character.
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