Angelina Weld Grimké was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1880, to Archibald Henry Grimké and Sarah E. Stanley. Grimké was born into an “unusual and distinguished biracial family” (Zvonkin, para. 1). His father was the son of a slave and her master, who also happened to be the brother of the two famous abolitionist Grimké sisters: Angelina and Sarah. Grimké's mother, Sarah, came from a prominent white middle-class family. She left Grimké and her African-American husband due to racial pressure from her white family. As a result, Grimké was raised entirely by her father. Angelina Weld Grimké was a teacher in the capital and a renowned playwright, essayist and poet. His work has caused his name to be forever linked to the Harlem Renaissance, as most of it was produced during that era. In particular, most, if not all, of Grimké's poetry contains images or references to nature. Her interest in themes of nature allows Grimké to do a number of things, among which she demonstrates her prowess as a writer and poet in the way she describes nature accurately and vividly, describing a number of subjects regarding the racial issues of her time, and representing the sadness and problems she faced throughout her life. First, Grimké uses nature to display his abilities as a poet. As Gloria T. Hull describes it, Grimké's poetry is "very delicate, musical, romantic and pensive, and draws heavily on the natural world for its allusions and figures of speech." Her greatest strength is her affinity for nature, her ability to truly see it and then describe what she saw with precision and subtlety…” (Hull, para.. 1).