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Sonnet

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The 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:

  1. A Sonnet in Memory of John Brown by Georgia Douglas Johnson
  2. William Stanley Braithwaite, "The Negro in American Literature" (1925)
  3. Poems by Leslie Pinckney Hill in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  4. Carrie Williams Clifford, "The New Year" (1920)
  5. A Sonnet to the Mantled by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1917/1922)
  6. I Shall Return by Claude McKay
  7. Race-Hate by Carrie Williams Clifford
  8. Oh, for a Little While Be Kind (For Ruth Marie) by Countee Cullen
  9. Africa by Claude McKay
  10. To My Friends by Countee Cullen
  11. On a Primitive Canoe by Claude McKay
  12. Poems by Claude McKay in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  13. To Winter by Claude McKay
  14. Sonnet to Those Who See But Darkly by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1922)
  15. Poem by Alice Dunbar-Nelson in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  16. On the Road by Claude McKay
  17. Tercentenary of the Landing of Slaves at Jamestown 1619-1919 by Carrie Williams Clifford (1922)
  18. The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay
  19. Three Sonnets by Carrie Williams Clifford (1922)
  20. America by Claude McKay
  21. Dawn in New York by Claude McKay
  22. The Negro Singer by James D. Corrothers
  23. Wild May by Claude McKay
  24. Outcast by Claude McKay
  25. The White City by Claude McKay
  26. The Gift by Carrie Williams Clifford
  27. Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen
  28. In Bondage by Claude McKay
  29. Lincoln by Carrie Williams Clifford
  30. Brown Boy to Brown Girl (Remembrance on a hill) (For Yolanda) by Countee Cullen
  31. Enslaved by Claude McKay
  32. The Dance of Love (After reading René Maran's "Batouala") by Countee Cullen