African American Poetry (1870-1926): A Digital AnthologyMain MenuBy Author"The Crisis": a Collection of PoemsThe Crisis TagLangston Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (full text) (1926)Countee Cullen, "Color" (1925)Full text of book of poetry published by Countee Cullen, 1925Claude McKay, "Harlem Shadows" (1922)Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Bronze" (Full Text) (1922)Full text of Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Bronze," with a Preface by W.E.B. Du Bois"The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922) Ed. James W. Johnson"The New Negro: an Interpretation." Anthology Edited by Alain Locke (1925)Other Poets: full text collectionsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
Sonnet
12022-01-08T08:11:11-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12135Sonnet Tagplain2022-05-17T10:30:08-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The sonnet was an important poetic form used by many Black writers during this period, including writers from the older generation (i.e., James Weldon Johnson, Carrie Williams Clifford) as well as younger writers like Claude McKay.
As of January 2022, we have identified and tagged about 30 poems in the anthology as sonnets. There are likely many more in the collection yet to be tagged. -AS
Contents of this tag:
12022-01-19T11:13:32-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Georgia Douglas Johnson, "A Sonnet: to the Mantled" (1917)4plain2022-07-02T08:00:30-04:0005/01/1917Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:06:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "The New Year" (1920)3plain2022-05-23T09:29:58-04:0004/01/1920Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:06:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On a Primitive Canoe by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:06:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:17:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Three Sonnets by Carrie Williams Clifford (1922)1plain2022-01-19T11:17:57-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:08:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To Winter by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:08:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T13:54:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Negro Singer by James D. Corrothers1plain2022-01-19T13:54:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On the Road by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:09:59-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:12:56-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:12:56-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T09:40:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1America by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T09:40:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Dawn in New York by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:13:35-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T09:51:38-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Wild May by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T09:51:38-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:14:17-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Outcast by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:14:17-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T09:55:53-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The White City by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T09:55:53-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:03:56-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Gift by Carrie Williams Clifford1plain2022-01-19T11:03:56-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T08:11:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen1plain2022-01-08T08:11:44-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-05-17T11:11:15-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Carrie Williams Clifford, "Frederick Douglass" (1917)1plain2022-05-17T11:11:15-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T09:59:40-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1In Bondage by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T09:59:40-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:05:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Lincoln by Carrie Williams Clifford1plain2022-01-19T11:05:34-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:02:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Enslaved by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:02:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T11:07:50-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Race-Hate by Carrie Williams Clifford1plain2022-01-19T11:07:50-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:04:03-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1I Shall Return by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:04:03-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-19T10:04:41-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Africa by Claude McKay1plain2022-01-19T10:04:41-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12022-01-08T09:38:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To My Friends by Countee Cullen1plain2022-01-08T09:38:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1