Claude McKay: Poems
The castaways
What picture does the poet present in line 8-14 ?
What picture does the poet present in line 8-14 ?
There seems to be a sense of might and strength.
Yet as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,