The Discourse on the Logic of Language is poem beautifully written by Marlene Nourbese Phillip in which I found to be very intriguing. The constant repetition and the breaking up of certain words such as when Phillip says, “Lan, lan, language, languish, anguish” emphasizes and reflects the lack of knowledge slaves had towards the English language which was very relatable to Frederick Douglas in The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas. In comparison, Frederick Douglas did not know anything about the English language throughout half of his narrative as well until Mrs. Auld influenced him to do so. However, he had to discretely learn the language and seized every opportunity he possibly could to learn the slightest thing about the English language since many of the masters were opposed of their slaves to getting any education at all in case they overthrew them in power. This idea relates to a statement in Phillip’s poem when she states, “if they can’t speak to each other then they cannot foment rebellion and revolution,” which was exact mentality of the slave owners in The Narrative of Frederick Douglas. Additionally, the poem claims that, “English is a foreign anguish,” which I believe made a direct comparison to the life of Frederick Douglas immediately. Douglas spent most of his life trying to learn the language and suffered immense pain physically, emotionally and mentally to finally acquire the sufficient amount of knowledge of the English language. Nevertheless, there are clearly many similarities between Phillip’s poem and Frederick Douglas’ pursuit in learning the English language.