If We Must Die”
الكاتب Claude McKay Limns

وقتها Poetry of Harlem Renaissance“

If we must die, let it not be like hogs A..... speaker feels dehumanized by his enemies
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot B
,While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs A... the speaker in turn dehumanizes his enemies, saying that their treatment is inhumane
,Making their mock at our accursed lot B
.If we must die, O let us nobly die C
So that our precious blood may not be shed D
In vain; then even the monsters we defy C
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! D
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe !E
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,F
And for their thousand blows deal one death blow!E
What though before us lies the open grave?F
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,G ....symbolizes the enemies' true nature

Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!G


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