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=Countee Cullen= The reader is also presented with the still true and unfortunate matter of racism, and its toll on African Americans. I believe that the underlying message had to do with the cruelty of unjust treatment and the struggle all blacks had to endure in those times. Through out this sonnet, Countee Cullen continues too ask God "Why?" He also continues to wonder the reasons of the world and the universe. He hopes that his faith will be enough for God to solve the mysteries of life. Cullen once wanted to be a romantic poet, but most of his greatly remembered poetry comes from his racial consciousness and his endured experiences, as well as his personal views on it.
 * Background:** The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of creative, yet unexpected, achievement among African American writers, musicians, and artists that based itself in Harlem, New York during the 1920's. Cullen really wanted to be a romantic poet, but often found himself writing about cultural diversity and tension. He now is best remembered for his role as a writer of contemporary racial issues. Cullen used many different writing techniques to convey his approach to asking God about his secrets of the world. Cullen plays with the reader and brings forth many different tones. He expresses confusion, as well as anger and sarcasm through out the lines of //Yet I Do Marvel.// Countee Cullen also has a strong uses of metaphors in this sonnet that can be religious related.

__ Summary: __ · He knows that God is good and he means well · He doesn’t know how God made the mole blind yet he can still carry on. · He doesn’t know why he must die some day but he knows that he will · Tantalus and Sisyphus are like Adam and Eve. o Tantalus- the fruit of the tree and he is taunted by it o Sisyphus- being band from the garden of Eden and having to live with evil for the rest of his life is a never ending struggle · His ways are indescribable and way too complicated. No one knows why he does them · What thoughts go through his head? · I wonder about these things and I also wonder why he has chosen to give a black poet a voice to be able to let him speak his mind. __ SCLIFT __ __Structure:__ · Organic or open form · Rhyme scheme: abcbd efe gg hh ii · Lines: 14 · Stanzas: 1 · Language: Common and elevated in some areas. Referring to Tantalus and Sisyphus · Punctuation: -,. ! __Connect__: · This poem leads back to the era when Blacks were just discovering their voice among the whites. They realized that they could now tell how they feel in whatever way they wanted. · Written during the Harlem Renaissance time period. · Author: a male that is black –Countee Cullen __Lit Terms:__ · Alliteration: None · Cataloguing: None · Repetition: None · Anaphora: · Parallelism: · Consonance: “I doubt not God is good” · Slant Rhyme: o immune; strewn o Understand; hand o Kind; Blind o Declare; stair __Imagery__: · Cullen paints the picture for the reader of two people on this earth and one man making all the different aspects of life. No one knows why he does what he does or how but he does it and gives voice to everyone. __Figurative Language:__ · Simile: None · Personification: None · Symbolism: The two characters Tantalus and Sisyphus represent the man and woman on the earth Adam and Eve. Black people singing represents the blacks finally havening a place in society and having a voice. __Tone & Theme:__ · __ Tone __ : he was being sarcastic towards the whites and comparing himself with the blind mole. He says that he doesn’t know why God gave them a voice because it just doesn’t make sense. · __ Topic __ : It is about the blacks now having a place and a voice in society after all they went through. Cullen was surprised it happened and wasn’t sure why it did but no one can question God or understand his ways. · __ Angle __ : he is happy and accepting about the new found changes in society and is ready to take advantage of the m without asking and questions. · __ Theme __ : o The blacks voice in society and what they stand for as a whole. Theme of the poem is: Speaking back to the cannon or white man. The white man is God, He is often thought of as being white.