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This is a sonnet because it has 10 syllables on each sentence, the same rhyme scheme as a sonnet (a b a b c d c d e f e f g g), and it has 14 lines and two totally different subjects separated from each other and rhyme couplets

"If We Must Die" by Claude McKay qualifies as a sonnet because of 5 important reasons, the first is that it has a change in idea in it. After line 8, it changes ideas by saying O Kinsmen! The second is that it has 14 lines. The third is the rhyme scheme. The fourth is that it has about 10 syllables in each line. The fifth is the 7 rhyming couplets that only rhyme at the last two lines.

Here are 5 reasons that this poem qualifies as a Sonnet. 1.The poem has couplets 2.the lines rhyme in a certain order 3.the last couplet is the only rhyming couplet 4.it contains 14 lines 5.the last couplet is the main idea or the thesis

1. 14 lines 2. Rhyme Scheme 3. Change of thought 4. 10 syllables 5. Rhyme couplets

The poem "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay is a sonnet because 1) It has fourteen lines, 2) There is a change of thought between lines 8 and 9. The thought changed from a dark description of the wrong way to die to a call for people to die with dignity. 3) It has a rhyme scheme (A,B,A,B,C,D,C,D,E,F,E,F,G,G). 4) It only has one couplet that rhymes. "Like men we'll face the cowardly pack/Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!" 5) Each line has ten syllables.

"If We Must Die" by Claude Mckay shows a striking resemblance to part of MLKs "I Have a Dream" Speech. While reading " We cannot walk alone. And as we walk,we must pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back." I couldn't help but think of this poem."Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!" In this poem he talks about how death is death and even if they cannot escape death, staying together will make them strong even after they're slain.MLK speaks of the same thing, they can all have the same aspiration to have equality,but if they do not stand up together nothing will be changed. MLK would have never been able to change the country without the support of millions on his side. This is true with many leaders who gain their power by grouping people and being the figure head of their change.

This poem is James talking about him leaving his house and dying. He deeply misses everything in Manhattan and remembers everything. He misses the crowds, trees, etc and wonder if he will ever go back and what he will miss most deeply is his city.

I think this poem by James Johnson is about him being nostalgic to never behold his city, he is a dying man and he wants to be and experience his home again, but he cannot because when he dies he will never have the chance to be there for it again.

The poem "My City" by James Weldon Johnson is about the shame of dying without making a difference on the city. You can see this in the second couplet when Johnson asks, "What to me then will be the keenest loss/When this bright world blurs on my fading sight?" He answers this in the last couplet with "To be dead, and never again behold my city." Comment by Katelyn M., Molly J., and Taliah M.