Question

What is the theme of the poem "America" by Claude McKay?

-America
Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate,
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.

Answer 1

yeah

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McKay's poem “America” provides insight not only into his own thoughts on America and American racism, but also those of most blacks living in Harlem in the 1920s. “America,” though not written in dialect, has an obvious voice. McKay is not careful when describing the pitfalls of American society

Answer 2

The theme of the poem is don't give up hope or fight through the problem. In the poem he says "she steals my breath of life, I will confess i love this cultured hell that tests my youth." Giving through life as an African American is hard I will work hard to make it better is what I think that he is trying to say.