Comparing The Poems If We Must Die And Wheatley's Poetry

Wheatley’s “On Being Brought form Africa to America,” Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask,” and McKay’s “If We Must Die” are poems that express the injustice treatment toward African Americans and their desperate cry for help and freedom. Wheatley’s poem describes her journey from Africa to America and the religion changes that were forced upon her. In the next poem, Dunbar’s poem, it speaks about how people have been bashed so much that we have secured our protection with masks that portray nothing but lies. Finally, McKay’s poem offers motivation despite of how horrible times were for black males. These three poems contain metaphors, symbolism, and imagery that reveal their secret cry for revolution.
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