Richard Wright poem "Between the World and Me"
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Richard Wright’s poem "Between the World and Me" is a harrowing, imagistic work that depicts the aftermath of a lynching and confronts the terror and dehumanization of American racism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Wright poem "Between the World and Me" canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
objectification of Black bodies
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psychological impact of racial violence ⓘ systemic racism in the United States ⓘ |
| aimsTo | confront readers with brutality of racism ⓘ |
| author | Richard Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
burned trees and ground
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charred remains of a lynched body ⓘ crowd’s participation in lynching ⓘ ritualized racial violence ⓘ terror experienced by the Black victim ⓘ |
| genre |
African American literature
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narrative poem ⓘ protest literature ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Jim Crow era racial violence ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Richard Wright’s writings ⓘ |
| influenced | Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book "Between the World and Me" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | evoke horror and moral outrage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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metaphor ⓘ second-person address ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American racism
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dehumanization ⓘ lynching ⓘ racial terror ⓘ violence against Black people ⓘ |
| movement |
African American modernism
NERFINISHED
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Harlem Renaissance-related literature ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays | Black experience under white supremacy ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
African American studies
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American literature courses ⓘ courses on race and literature ⓘ |
| style |
imagistic
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vividly descriptive ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
aftermath of a lynching
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discovery of a lynching site ⓘ |
| titleSharedWith | Between the World and Me (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
grim
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harrowing ⓘ |
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