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After The Winter By Claude Mckay
From the Poetry Out Loud website I chose, “After The Winter”, by Claude Mckay. The poem “After The Winter”, really spoke to me because I absolutely love the way he described the season of Winter. The poem is just so exquisite!

Mckay is a very deep writer who seems to release his feelings into his work. He incorporates a very strong sense of nature also in his work. Which to me is a very powerful piece of literature.

The meaning of the poem to me is alluring. I believe that Claude Mckay is trying to say that life is a struggle but there is always hope for a new start. Claude McKay uses the descriptions of a beautiful place to present a new, fresh start in life. This is a poem of hope, hope that when a new era is to come the work and dedication
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