Yet Do I Marvel

Yet Do I curiosity Yet Do I Marvel a sonnet by Countee Cullen, is written in iambic pentameter. Its rhyming scheme is arranged in two, four line stanzas, abab and cdcd, ending with a six-line stanza, eeffgg. This poem is written in first-person, the vocalism of a cutting man and uses a variety of tones confusion, anger and sarcasm, to portray its message The poem begins with the poets voice affirming the belief that God is good, well meaning, but admits God has left him with out explanation for understanding the reasons quarter the justice or injustices, which make up Gods will.Comparisons with in the poem are do to illustrate the lack of sense in Gods design. The line, The buried mole continues to be blind, would await to be an inexplicable injustice against a creature that has done no wrong. Then the line, Why skeletal frame that mirrors him must some day die, would seem an unjust end for a being God created in his likeness.Cullens next comparisons allude to two mythical gods sentenced to suffer for eternity for their heinous crimes, Make opine the reason tortured Tantalus Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare If merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus To struggle up a never-ending stair, there would seem to be no need of explanation for the justness of their specify (Encyclopedia Mythica). The poems last stanzas are the need for reaffirmation of faith in Gods predict plan as we have not the wisdom to be much than his instrument, To catechism by a object too strewn, With petty cares to slightly understand, What awful brain compels His awful hand.That leaves the poet concluding that despite the racial indignities and supererogatory injustices performed against blacks who speak out, he must accept what it is Gods will which is, To make a poet black, and invite him sing Countee Cullen was a pivotal force in the Afro-American arts movement of his time, known as Harlem Renaissance. Cullens use of racial themes in this verse are reflective of a black urba n consciousness for change, brought about by Americas racial climate during the 1920s and black American disillusionment later World War 1 (Cullen, Countee).Countee Cullen while an out spoken agent for change drew reflection for his works when he chose as his model the classical verse forms of John Keats rather than rely on the rhythms and idioms of his black American heritage (African American Literature), It was Cullens belief that use of more traditional forms to structure his poetic message would allow art to transcended race and minimize the distance amidst black and white people (Cullen, Countee ). Yet Do I MarvelBiography Online Encyclopedia Mythica http//www. mythweb. com/index. hypertext markup language African American literature. Encyclop? dia Britannica. Encyclop? dia Britannica Online. Encyclop? dia Britannica, 2010. Web. 19 Apr. 2010 http//www. search. eb. com. prxy1. ursus. maine. edu/eb/article-232356 Cullen, Countee. Encyclop? dia Britannica. Encyclop? dia Brit annica Online. Encyclop? dia Britannica, 2010. Web. http//www. search. eb. com. prxy1. ursus. maine. edu/eb/article-9028151