physical or mental strength; vitality
confront; appear before
a scrap or strip torn away from something larger
ill will; malevolence; desire to do evil, upset others, or inflict harm
a rude and mocking remark
a very hard, usually light-colored igneous rock
unfailing; always right or accurate
The Question and Answer section for America (Claude McKay poem) is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Can you please quote the metaphor? Thanks.
Did you have a question about Cat in the Hat?
On the one hand, the "cultured" in "cultured hell" confirms America's achievements, anticipating the "wonders" and "priceless treasures" at the end of the poem and countering any Eliotic notion of modernity as a cultural wasteland. Yet the "hell"...
