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Claude McKay was born in Jamaica on September 15, 1890. Claude McKay was a novelist, a journalist and poet. ... Debatably his most recognized poem was “if we must die”. ... "If We Must Die" is Claude McKay’s bold statement of a masculine, racial strategy. ...
“If We Must Die” is a sonnet. ... The line states “if we must die, let it not be like hogs”; he makes it perfectly clear that his messages are that of dying with your head up high. ... Claude McKay uses many comas, in my opinion he uses the comas because the pauses create more drama. ...
McKay also uses a lot of enjambment. ... For example: in line six and seven he states “ if we must die, o let us nobly die, so that our precious blood may not be shed in vain; he connects these line to give a reason why they have to die nobly. Probably the literary technique McKay uses the most throughout the poem is the rhyme. ... McKay argues that they are treated like hogs and that they must die nobly.
Approximate Word count = 872
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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