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Claude McKay's "America"
Who is the speaker in the poem
What is the tone of the poem?
Claude McKay's "America"
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What is the tone of the poem?
furious
energentic
ambivalent
concerned
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Who is the speaker in the poem
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Billy Holiday
Jacob Lawrence
3
McKay uses the word "her" throughout the poem. What is the "her/she"?
Harlem
His lover
Jamaica
America
4
Who is McKay most likely referencing in the metaphor "A rebel fronts a king in state"?
racism in America
an energy drink for a king
African Americans standing up against the rest of America
kingdom from medieval times
5
How does McKay personify Time?
by giving is a voice
by giving it a hand
by giving it emotion
by giving it a heartbeat
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What kind of poetic device is "And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth"?
hyperbole
metaphor
rhyme scheme
simile
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"Her vigor flows like tides into my blood" is a comparison to what?
wind
fire
water
air
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what is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCD EFGH IJKL MM
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
ABAC CDCD ABAB GG
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When he uses "her", what rhetorical device is he using?
smilie
irony
personification
allusion
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Identify the device: "Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth."
allusions
metaphor
personification
Imagery
