After+the+Winter

Lucila 

** __Introduction:__ ** [|Claude McKay] was one of the first major poets of the [|Harlem Renaissance] movement, which was the time period the [|African American culture] began to flourish. McKay's poetry was influenced by all the events happening around him."[|After the Winter]", one of his poems, was published in his book of poems //[|Harlem Shadows]//(1922).His poems are filled with his thoughts of everything that was happening around him at the time. His poetry is impacting by its honesty and optimism for a better, changed future.

  **"After the Winter" by Claude McKay**  //Excerpt from// "After the Winter"

Some day, when trees have shed their leaves And against [|the morning's white] The shivering birds beneath the [|eaves] Have sheltered for the night, We'll turn our faces southward, love , Toward the summer isle Where bamboos [|spire] to shafted [|grove] And wide-mouthed orchids smile media type="file" key="AftertheWinter.m4a" width="127" height="116"


 Life is a struggle but there is always hope for a new start. Claude McKay uses the descriptions of a beautiful place to present a new, fresh start in life. This is a poem of hope, hope that when a new era is to come the work and dedication of many who suffered will work to create that place of happiness and freedom. The poem personifies objects to represent the voices they have, their beauty. Someday those personified objects will give hope to those whom struggle to be strong and build their brighter side of life.There will be no more suffering, that will be left behind and the time to take a step forward is someday to come.

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