ENGL 381 Chapter 5.1: English 381 W5D1 RR
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Cannot t the poem into something: everything else needs to be t to the poem. No preconceived notions of what the poem should be. Left beat poetry for black nationalism, believing a multiracial society was pointless. Believed the way of america needed to be destroyed. His poetry still achieves what jazz music achieved. Taught to pretend to be white: there is a white sickness. Sick be enforcing oppression: detested black artists that turned to euro-america for inspiration, left his mix-raced family after the assassination of malcolm x. Moved to harlem to focus on black community: arrested for concealing a weapon during the newark riots and received an unreasonably harsh sentence, later decided that black nationalism was racists and moved to the ideals of third. Inside someone who hates me could be referring to black sickness. Fouled tunes could refer to the black artists that turn to white in uences for music. The eclosure ( esh referring to black sickness.
