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THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the poem “Any Human to Another” by Countee Cullen, the speaker says, “Your grief and mine must intertwine like sea and river.” This reflect the theme that ____
A
we must share in each other’s joys and sorrows
B
our sadness flows like the ocean’s tide
C
we cannot drown in our sorrows
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker implies that grief can unite one human to another. He also suggests that this connection through shared experience is infinite, that it lasts “forever and forever”.

Detailed explanation-2: -In “Any Human to Another, ” Cullen discusses the human condition and the issue of equality. The poem is from Cullen’s last book of verse, The Medea, and Some Poems, published in 1935.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stanza Four Lewis, again, the speaker makes a distinction between humans and angels in the fourth stanza. While an angel may be able to “see the form of air” only a human can breathe it in and “drink the whole summer down into the breast”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification: “Joy may be shy, unique, /Friendly to a few, ” “Sorrow never scorned to speak/To any who/Were false or true."

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