Analysis Of The Inner City By Lucille Clifton

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Largely populated cities are becoming more common throughout the world as the years progress. With numerous people calling cities their homes, it is only fitting that those people find happiness within them. In “the inner city” by Lucille Clifton, the speaker relishes living in the inner city as opposed to uptown. “The City’s Love,” a poem written by Claude McKay, personifies the city and expresses the appreciation the speaker has toward the welcoming arms of the city. Though they both share a sense of admiration toward their dwellings, the speakers’ relationships with their cities differ, which is revealed through the use of syntax, tone, and imagery.
The syntax of each poem is different which shows the present or lacking formality of the