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What type of poem is America by Claude Mckay. What is the poem referring to.

America" is a Shakespearean sonnet about a black person facing racism in America. The person allows the challenges of racism to make him a stronger person instead of backing down. He has sort of a love hate outlook on America because he knows there are a lot of possibilities and opportunities for black people in America but feels time for black people to take advantage of these opportunities is being wasted due to the set backs racism causes.

The characteristics in this poem are the set rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg that falls into three quatrains with an ending couplet made up of lines 10 syllables each.

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