America By Claude Mckay
“America” by Claude McKay is a poem describing the speaker’s alternating, yet passionate view of love and hate of their country due to the prominent racism they must endure. Throughout the poem the theme that a person's struggle teaches them to grow is revealed. The theme, a person’s struggle helps them to grow, is expressed through the metaphor, personification, and unique diction.
Metaphors are used contribute to the theme, person’s struggle helps them to grow, and convey the speaker’s relationship with America. The speaker describes America as, “stealing my breath of life” (3). Supporting the theme, this line also shows how drained she can make the speaker feel. Although, he reveals his mixed feelings toward America when he says, “I love
Metaphors are used contribute to the theme, person’s struggle helps them to grow, and convey the speaker’s relationship with America. The speaker describes America as, “stealing my breath of life” (3). Supporting the theme, this line also shows how drained she can make the speaker feel. Although, he reveals his mixed feelings toward America when he says, “I love