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If We Must Die Figurative Language

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In the 1920s, a cultural movement in which African Americans moved up north and spread their culture. This movement is called the Harlem Renaissance. During this time, there were many writers and artists that expressed their views on their culture through literature and art. Poems were a popular way to express their culture at the time. Many of these poems dealt with racism in everyday lives, and the struggle for equality. Claude McKay communicates his desire for racial equality in his poem “If We Must Die” through his use of figurative language, repetition, allusions, and imagery. McKay uses figurative language to convey his message of racial equality in “If We Must Die” through metaphors and similes. From the first line McKay starts off
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