THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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at a parish fair
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in front of a window
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under mystical blue skies
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on the nun-like hills
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mckay can probably be seen as the speaker in this poem and it most probably tells of McKay’s experience of homesickness. The first stanza of the sonnet has a light tone that is describing the tropical fruits in a market, presumably, because of the title, in New York.
Detailed explanation-2: -The speaker in “The Tropics in New York” expresses an intense homesickness. Seeing tropical fruit piled in a store window in New York, the speaker is overcome by memories of their own tropical home-and a longing for its beauty and familiarity.
Detailed explanation-3: -’The Tropics in New York’ by Claude McKay is a thoughtful poem about homesickness. It takes place in New York and includes a speaker’s longing for the elements of his home. ‘The Tropics in New York’ by Claude McKay is an essential piece of poetry published during the Harlem renaissance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why does the speaker in “The Tropics in New York” weep at the end of the poem? He is overwhelmed with nostalgia for a home of his past. What is the theme of Countee Cullen’s poem “Any Human to Another"? Humanity is connected through its sorrows.