Yet+Do+I+Marvel

__**Countee Cullen**__ Nick Saenz

**Introduction**:   [|Countee Cullen], an American poet born May 30, 1903 in Lexington Kentucky, wrote many poems throughout his life but was mostly known for being a poet of The [|Harlem Renaissance]. A time when segregation was booming every where especially in New York Harlem which was also known as the negro movement."Yet do I Marvel," published in 1925, is a poem that states that God has a reason for everything and it inspires a sense of hope within the black community that times will change, and African Americans will gain a voice in the community.

[|"Yet Do I Marvel"] I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind And did He stoop to quibble could tell why The little buried mole continues blind, Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die, Make plain the reason tortured [|Tantalus] Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare If merely brute caprice dooms [|Sisyphus] To struggle up a never-ending stair. Inscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand. Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing!  -Countee Cullen  media type="file" key="My Song.mp3"

 __**Analysis:**__ Cullen, raised by a reverend was a firm believer in God and this poem shows the faith that Cullen puts in God to change things and bring on a better world for the black community. Cullen marvels at everything that God has created and the way that things work in the world. With the last line, Cullen implies that he is being asked by God to let his voice sing and be heard by the people around him. He is giving himself the power to inspire others and giving glory to God.

[|Bibliography]   Cullen, Countee. "yet i do marvel by countee cullen". poemhunter.com. 5-19-09 . Liukkonen, Petri. Countee Cullen. Kuusankosken Kaupunginkirjasto. 2008. (5-15-09). URL: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ccullen.htm Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 9: Countee Cullen." //PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide//. 5-15-09 URL: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/cullen.html

William T. Lawlor. "Yet Do I Marvel." __Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition__. Salem Press, 2007. __eNotes.com__. 2006. 19 May, 2009  

