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Countee Cullen

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COUNTEE CULLEN

Quick Bio
May 30, 1904 - Jan. 9, 1946

-New York, Baltimore and Kentucky possible birth places.

- Orphan and adopted

-Church minister Frederick Asbury Cullen

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RISE AS A WRITER

  • Published poems in university days
  • " colored "
  • Harmon gold award
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KEATSIAN STYLE AND RACIAL WRITER

  • John Keats ( Romanticist )
  • Addresses issues of racism
  • Brought legitimacy to the Harlem Renaissance
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HARLEM WINE

Stanza one
This is not water running here,
These thick rebellious streams
That hurtle flesh and bone past fear
Down alleyways of dreams

Stanza two


This is a wine that must flow on
Not caring how or where
So it has ways to flow upon
Where song is in the air.

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Stanza three

So it can woo an artful flute
With loose elastic lips
Its measurements of joy compute
With blithe, ecstatic hips.

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CITATIONS

  • Bloom, Harold. Black American Poets and Dramatists: Before the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Chelsea House, 1994. Print. Book
  • "Countee Cullen." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015
  • Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015. Website