Category Archives: SnowDay

Snow Day: Wallace Stevens drinks tea after making a snowman

Snow Day Poems on page 247 of our anthology. (2) In the Wallace Stevens poems we read for Wednesday–“The Snow Man” and “Tea at the Palaz of Hoon”–Stevens seems more successful than either Eliot or Pound in creating a sort of … Continue reading

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A Sonnet Without Love: Claude McKay’s Poetry Riddled with Hate, Startling Reality, and Voyeurism

Claude McKay stood out for many reasons as a poet in the twentieth century; according to Ramazani, McKay’s Afro-Caribbean and African American influences contributed largely to the “masterful creole verse of later Jamaican poets,” yet he strove to exist beyond … Continue reading

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Claude McKay: Constrictions in Society and Poetry

When one thinks of poetry, what often comes to mind is a world of free thinking and individual expression. The work of African American poet Claude McKay tells a different story. McKay, in his poetry, talks about the struggles of … Continue reading

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