From The Dark Tower By Contee Cullen Summary
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Tara Burge
AP English Language and Composition B
Contee Cullen
1. Explain the significance of the metaphor "dark tower." In the poem, the significance of the “dark tower” is that the author uses it the show that however dark a place you may be in, you can always find a positive aspect in it. In the poem, African Americans are essentially living during a dark time with hopes for a better future.
2. Explain how the last two lines of the poem "From the Dark Tower" complete the message expressed in the first two lines. The last two lines in the poem complete the message expressed in the first two lines in that they essentially reassert the efforts of fruitless planting. It shows how darkness can be a shelter. In this case, it can be …show more content…
Explain the irony of the title "Incident." The irony of the title “Incident” is that in that one instance, the author saw all that he needed to see of Baltimore. Usually, one incident does not form your outlook on something.
4. Write your reaction to this incident. My reaction to this incident is that I was a little shocked. The fact that the boy used a derogatory term was shocking because I was expecting him to tell the author hi or something since they were the same age.
5. Discuss how Cullen uses diction to create tone. Cullen uses diction to create tone in that he uses words specific to the tone he is trying to create. For example, if he were trying to create a somber tone, he would use words usually associated with somber situations.
Claude McKay
1. Explain the ambivalent relationship with the country that Mckay exposes in "America.
III In America, McKay exposes the ambivalent relationship with America by contrasting phrases with those that are opposite in meaning, balancing things out. For example, he says “Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.” But counterbalances it with “I stand within her walls with not a shred”.
2. Explain McKay's use of personification in
Tara Burge
AP English Language and Composition B
Contee Cullen
1. Explain the significance of the metaphor "dark tower." In the poem, the significance of the “dark tower” is that the author uses it the show that however dark a place you may be in, you can always find a positive aspect in it. In the poem, African Americans are essentially living during a dark time with hopes for a better future.
2. Explain how the last two lines of the poem "From the Dark Tower" complete the message expressed in the first two lines. The last two lines in the poem complete the message expressed in the first two lines in that they essentially reassert the efforts of fruitless planting. It shows how darkness can be a shelter. In this case, it can be …show more content…
Explain the irony of the title "Incident." The irony of the title “Incident” is that in that one instance, the author saw all that he needed to see of Baltimore. Usually, one incident does not form your outlook on something.
4. Write your reaction to this incident. My reaction to this incident is that I was a little shocked. The fact that the boy used a derogatory term was shocking because I was expecting him to tell the author hi or something since they were the same age.
5. Discuss how Cullen uses diction to create tone. Cullen uses diction to create tone in that he uses words specific to the tone he is trying to create. For example, if he were trying to create a somber tone, he would use words usually associated with somber situations.
Claude McKay
1. Explain the ambivalent relationship with the country that Mckay exposes in "America.
III In America, McKay exposes the ambivalent relationship with America by contrasting phrases with those that are opposite in meaning, balancing things out. For example, he says “Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.” But counterbalances it with “I stand within her walls with not a shred”.
2. Explain McKay's use of personification in