Bio
America
The Barrier
If We Must Die
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September 15th, 1889
When was Claude McKay born?
100
pessimistic, but proud.
What is the tone of America?
100
A barrier between two people
What is the literal meaning
100
Hunted,accursed,inglorious,precious,vain,etc…
What are charged words?
100
Sunny Ville,Jamaica
Where was Mckay born?
200
Communism
What political party did Claude Mckay support most of his life?
200
A Sonnet
What kind of poem is America?
200
Need for change.
What is the main purpose
200
Nobility, honor and bravery.
What is the theme
200
Love and Hate in “America”
What does Claude feel about America?
300
Songs of Jamaica
What was Mckay's first verse?
300
Time
What does McKay see America as a victim of?
300
A Barrier (not the title)
What is a symbol
300
Militant, Aggressive
What is the tone
300
Walter Jekyll and Uriah Mckay
Who are Claude Mckay's educators?
400
Eulalie Imelda Lewars
Who was Claude Mckay's wife?
400
A cruel-fair mistress.
What is a personification Claude McKay uses for America?
400
Dawning day
What is an example of alliteration in the poem?
400
“Mad and hungry dogs”
A.What is symbolism
400
"Your eyes are dawning day"(The Barrier)
What is an example of a metaphor?
500
Souls of Black Folk
What piece by W.E.B. Du Bois had a great impact on Mckay?
500
1921
When did Mckay publish America?
500
slavery made illegal
What did he write this after
500
The Red Summer,which resulted in many black lynchings
What is Mckay's motivation for If We Must Die
500
Max Eastman
Who was the editor of a socialist journal called The Liberator.
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