THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Detailed explanation-1: -“If We Must Die” is a Shakespearean sonnet written by the Jamaican poet Claude McKay in 1919. It is a poem of political resistance: it calls for oppressed people to resist their oppressors, violently and bravely-even if they die in the struggle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Line 4. Making their mock at our accursed lot. The attackers harass in a humiliating way, almost celebrating their dominance over their victims. ("Mocking” is making fun of someone, except there is no fun in mocking.) The mocking is vicious and hurtful.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lines 1 through 4 establish that the speaker and his allies are under attack. The speaker urges his allies not to give up without a fight. The next four lines draw on the emotions of the allies to die honorably.