LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors.
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Encourage societies strive for equality for all.
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Extol the virtues of living in the free North.
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Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Protest poetry is any form of poetry which has, as one of its main functions, the objective of finding fault with some existing current event or circumstance. This kind of poetry often focuses on the misdeeds performed by a government upon its people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poetry, like any other form of artistic creation, is one of the pillars of the humanities. By following the paths of emotion, sensitivity and the imagination, the poem transmits knowledge and human values.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poem features a striking condemnation of historical oppression and rampant capitalism while building a case for why protest is necessary to affect change on a greater level.
Detailed explanation-4: -Poem for July 4, 1994 Sonia Sanchez. Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes. Land Where My Father Died Fatimah Asghar. When Fannie Lou Hamer Said Mahogany L. Browne. Dear America Rachel Eliza Griffiths. I, Too Langston Hughes. An American Sunrise Joy Harjo. A New National Anthem Ada Limón. More items