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Author Bio. ~Claude McKay ~September 15, 1889-May 22, 1948 ~The youngest of eleven children ~Parents: Francis McKay and Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards. The White City.

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  1. Author Bio ~Claude McKay ~September 15, 1889-May 22, 1948 ~The youngest of eleven children ~Parents: Francis McKay and Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards

  2. The White City I WILL not toy with it nor bend an inch.Deep in the secret chambers of my heartI muse my life-long hate, and without flinchI bear it nobly as I live my part.My being would be a skeleton, a shell,If this dark Passion that fills my every mood,And makes my heaven in the white world's hell,Did not forever feed me vital blood.I see the mighty city through a mist--The strident trains that speed the goaded mass,The poles and spires and towers vapor-kissed,The fortressed port through which the great ships pass,The tides, the wharves, the dens I contemplate,Are sweet like wanton loves because I hate. 

  3. RANDOM WORDS ~Wanton: Immoral or unchaste ~Goaded: An agent or means of prodding or urging

  4. Speaker/Identity/Tone ~Speaker is first person ~Identity is himself ~Tone is angry and empowering

  5. Rhyme Scheme ABAB A,B,A,B,C,D,C,E,F,G,F,G,H,H

  6. Analysis -The White City by Claude McKay is about McKay’s hatred towards the white mans world. “If this dark Passion that fills my every mood,And makes my heaven in the white world's hell” -His hatred is what empowers him to keep going and writing.

  7. Poetic Devices ~Repetition shows throughout the poem. IE: “Inch, Flinch”, “Heart, Part”, “Shell, Hell” etc. ~Simile: “Are sweet like wanton loves because I hate.”

  8. Works Cited ~http://ginaharlemrenaissance.blogspot.com/2012/03/white-city-by-claude-mckay.html ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_McKay ~http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/mckay/life.htm

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