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"If We Must Die" is a poem by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay (1890–1948) published in the July 1919 issue of The Liberator magazine. McKay wrote the poem in response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during the Red Summer. The poem does not specifically reference any group of people, and has been used ...
Amanda S. C. Gorman [1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model.Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora.
Young Nazrul, writer of the poem, in-front of the Dalmadal Canon in Bishnupur, Bankura.. This poem, through which Nazrul celebrated human creative powers, asserted his affirmation of the individual human capacity for heroic action and human unity and solemnly called for rebellion against all forms of oppression (including that of the British in India) elevated him to the status of a national ...
Plath describes the speaker's oppression with the use of allusions and images invoking World War II–era Nazi Germany. [4] It is known as one of her "Holocaust poems", along with "Daddy" and "Mary's Song". [4] Plath was the daughter of a German immigrant, Otto Plath. According to Plath's biographer Heather Clark, as a child Plath was proud of ...
"London" is a poem by William Blake, published in the Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience that reflects a constrained or bleak view of the city. Written during the time of significant political and social upheaval in England, the poem expresses themes of oppression, poverty, and institutional corruption.
The poems in Shaker emphasize determination despite the "unabiding anguish over the oppression of the black race", [32] and deal with the cruel treatment of slaves in the South. [ 32 ] Critical reception and response
Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈ æ d r i ə n / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1] [2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3]
His poems are mainly in English but draw on his native Zulu as well as traditional praise poetry and rap. His best-known poem is "Change Is Pain," a protest piece about oppression and revolution, which was initially banned until growing pressure forced South Africa to allow more freedom of speech. [2]