https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC 2025-10-25 13:07:45 UTC hello@padlet.com CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887123 In the poem " From the Dark Tower," Countee Cullen describes the otherization that African American people face. Keeping this in mind, the power of society can enclose people in a place where they aren't able to flourish and show their full potential. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887123 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887124 In lines eleven and twelve Cullen writes, "And there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall." Countee Cullen portrays people as buds, and those African Americans that are not given the environment to bloom instead crumple and fall. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887124 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887125 Instead of allowing African Americans to benefit from their hard work, Cullen writes, "We shall not plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit,"(Cullen 1-2) While African Americans "plant" and do the backbreaking work, the plantations owner benefit and take the credit for this work, never allowing African Americans to progress in society.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887125 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887126 While on the plantations, African Americans are held to harsh standards. Cullen writes "that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887126 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887127 In Countee Cullen's poem "From the Dark Tower", the author displays the severity of racial otherization towards African Americans in the early 1900s. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887127 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887128 "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars is no less lovely being dark,"

Analysis: Just because something is dark or black, it is no less lovely than things that are white or light]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887128 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887129 "Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made to eternally weep"

Analysis: We will not always bow down and allow someone else to bully us or put us down, we weren't made to remain below others.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887129 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887130 "Not always countenance, abject and mute, That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap"

Analysis: We will not always sit here silent and tolerate others while other men hold their fellow humans below.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887130 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887132 In Countee Cullen's poem "From the Dark Tower", the author illustrates the oppression of minorities. Scenes of oppressive behaviors toward these people are described through metaphors. This ultimately shows that during slavery/oppression the oppressed bury their true thoughts and opinions deep inside their souls, while they remain mute and tolerant on the outside.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887132 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887133 Cullen writes, "Not always countenance, abject and mute..." (Cullen 3). This phrase describes that in the past the oppressed remained silent and countenance.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887133 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887134 Cullen later writes, "Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made to eternally weep" (Cullen 7-8). This also shows in the past the oppressed bent/bowed down to the more powerful and  continued to suffer.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887134 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887135 Cullen finally writes, "In the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing seeds" (Cullen 13-14). This clearly states that the oppressed continue with their monotonous lives despite the constant pain they are feeling.

]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887135 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887136 In the poem "From the Dark Tower," Countee Cullen expresses the struggles of African Americans during the mid 1900s. Ultimately, the evidence suggests that society cannot allows racism to proceed throughout society and become the social norm for African Americans.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887136 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887138 Cullen writes, "Not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute." By using the phrase "while others sleep" and "beguile their limbs," the author expresses how African Americans, or people considered of lower class, do so much for society; their work gets overlooked and the credit is given to white people and peop]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887138 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887139 Cullen writes, "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars is no less lovely being dark." The use of personification in the phrase "sable breast relieves the stark, white stars" and "is no less lovely being dark," shows how the author compares African Americans to white people, and that they are equally as valuable and should be treated that way.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887139 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887140 Cullen writes, "So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing seeds." The author expresses how society disregards the problem with racism in the mid 1900s, and by using the phrase "and wait, and tend our agonizing seeds," he shows how nothing is being done to change it. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887140 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887143 In the poem "From the Dark Tower," Countee Cullen describes the African American farmhands' internal battle because of the oppression in the early 1900s. Ultimately, this shows that people should not put others' needs before their own. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887143 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887144 Cullen writes, "We shall not always plant while others reap The golden increment of bursting fruit" (Cullen 1-2). The African Americans should not always work for others who end up with the benefits from their work.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887144 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887145 Cullen says, "We were not made to eternally weep" (Cullen 8). This shows how taking care of others might block one from tending to their own needs, thus causing unnecessary sadness. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887145 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887146 The author proclaims, "Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute" (Cullen 5-6). These people are wasting their time to help someone else rest while they work. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887146 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887148 In Countee Cullen's poem, "From the Dark Tower", Cullen describes the feelings of African Americans and how all humans must be treated equally no matter their appearance or circumstance.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887148 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887150 "White stars is no less lovely being dark" Stars are lovely no matter their color, relating to people of color are all the same, no matter their color.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887150 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887151 "We shall not plant while others reap" White people should not be able to take credit from African Americans because it is unethical. ]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887151 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887152 "We were not made to eternally weep"  Because of discrimination, African Americans were unfairly targeted, and should not be discriminated against because of their appearance.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887152 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887153 In the poem "From the Dark Tower", Countee Cullen addresses the topic of racial inequality by discussing the experiences of slaves during the previous century. Keeping this evidence in mind, Cullen suggests that race has no bearing on personal worth.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887153 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887154 "The night... relieves the stark/White stars is no less lovely being dark" (Cullen 9-10).

Here, Cullen explicitly states that people of color are no less valuable or important than Caucasian people; people of color are represented by the night and Caucasians by the "stark white stars".]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887154 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887155 "We shall not always plant while others reap/The golden increment of bursting fruit" (Cullen 1-2).

"We" refers to black people, while "others" represent white people; this excerpt states that black people will not persist in doing the work while white people monopolize in the rewards. Therefore, Cullen states that black people, in fact, catalyze the success of white people, demonstrating that their worth is certainly not lesser.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887155 CatM https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887156 "And there are buds that cannot bloom at all/In light, but crumple, piteous, and fall" (Cullen 11-12).

In these lines, Cullen demonstrates that black people do indeed have a unique worth that is not inferior to that of white people; once again, he relates white people to light, and highlights that, though also beneficial to some, such society is not ideal for all.]]> 2017-10-30 18:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/CatM/kryftxgkjf2n/wish/201887156