Theme Of Strength And Unity

The times were changing and the black man had started to change in his perception of the world around him. The abolishment of slavery was only a start on a path to equal rights. Black writers came fourth and presented arguments to their fellow men on the strength of the black man. Strength and Unity is a common theme between The White Witch, The Song of the Smoke and If We Must Die. The three poems were written by prominent black authors and the themes of strength and unity can be seen as arguments in three poems. Each poem addresses an audience of black men in order to convey it arguments for unity and strength. James Weldon Johnson 's poem The White Witch has to fist be evidenced to show that it is poem addressing fellow black men. This

In the line that the adjective is in, it is followed by the words strength. This line is not the only instance where the theme strength is conveyed. In the previous stanza, There is presented a red herring presented for the idea of strength. "Oh! she has seen your strong young limbs (Johnson, 78)." The red herring here is young limbs. Though being young is a sign of strength, the stanza contains the Antaean disbars the idea that strength of the black man is due to youth and is instead derived from the idea of ancient strength. The second way that this adjective fulfills the them is its invocation for unity. The author used such a word in order to stir feelings of unity. Not only is strength invoked in the idea of physical, it is used in a way of mental too. This idea of unity is derived through the poem many times in the use of brother. If everyone, that is the audience of black men, are brothers, then when the word Antaean is used to describe strength, it is a strength that every man of

Unity is achieved in establishing the fear originally, but the narrator only uses this point to build up to a unifying anger. Hunted like hogs, the idea that black man 's blood is precious, that the tormentors are monsters and that the tormentors are all coward, these are words meant to incite
Ramsey 5 anger and unify the black man against his oppressors. The second emotion that fear leads to is pride. The pride that the black man now has the chance to stand up to his oppressors. Te final line is about fighting back, and under unity from anger, the whole can fight back. The fear of extinguishment is what pushed for unity. In the anger, there is also strength, but not physical. Instead, the strength is in standing up to the oppressor in a final stand. If We must Die are words that are meant to be the final cry of an oppressed people pushed too far and too close to a meaningless death. In conclusion, the three poems share the same theme throughout them. The theme of strength and unity can be seen as a commonality between three different poems. Written by prominent black writers, these poems can be seen as a message for garnering a unification through the strength of black