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Title: Uncle Jim by Countee Cullen


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Uncle Jimby Countee Cullen
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Thesis
  • The speaker is a young man who is surrounded by
    prejudices and does not agree with them.
  • It is a lyrical poem.
  • The poet uses visual imagery to enhance the
    message of the story.
  • The poet also uses metaphors and a simile to
    reveal details and traits of the characters in
    the poem.

3
Stanza 1
  • u / u / u / u /
  • White folks is white, says uncle Jim a
  • u / u / u /
  • A platitude, I sneer b
  • u / u / u / u /
  • And then I tell him so is milk, c
  • u u / u / u /
  • And the froth upon his beer. b
  • iambic tetra meter
  • Iambic trimeter
  • Quatrain
  • Internal rhyme
  • End rhyme
  • Assonance
  • Repitition
  • Visual imagery
  • Message Racism can go both ways, and neither is
    right. There is no excuse for prejudices.

4
Stanza 2
  • u / u / u / u /
  • His heart walled up with bitterness, d
  • u / u / u /
  • He smokes his pungent pipe, e
  • u / u / u / u /
  • And nods at me as if to say, f
  • u / u / u /
  • Young fool, youll soon be ripe! e
  • Iambic tetra/tri meter
  • Quatrain
  • Alliteration
  • Assonance
  • Internal rhyme
  • End rhyme
  • Metaphor
  • Visual / olfactory imagery
  • Message Racism is set in the hearts and minds of
    people. People against racism are ridiculed.

5
Stanza 3
  • u / u / u / u /
  • I have a friend who eats his heart g
  • u / u / u /
  • Always with grief of mine, h
  • u / u / u / u /
  • Who drinks my joy as tipplers drain i
  • u / u / u /
  • Deep goblets filled with wine. h
  • Iambic tetra/tri meter
  • Quatrain
  • Assonance
  • End rhyme
  • Alliteration
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Meaning He has a friend who feels as strongly
    against racism as he does. We are not alone.

6
Stanza 4
  • Iambic tetra/tri meter
  • Quatrain
  • Alliteration
  • Near rhyme
  • End rhyme
  • Allusion to a poem by John Keats called Ode on a
    Grecian Urn
  • Visual imagery
  • Meaning When the speaker is confronted by
    racism, instead of thinking hopefully to future
    peace and acceptance he thinks of the ingrained
    teachings of prejudices.
  • u / u / u / u /
  • I wonder why here at his side, j
  • u / u / u /
  • Face-in-the-grass with him, a
  • u / u / u / u /
  • My mind should stray the Grecian urn k
  • u / u / u /
  • To muse on uncle Jim. a

7
Theme
  • Overall the theme is about how prominent racism
    is in society.
  • The poet captures this with visual imagery and an
    allusion
  • Metaphors and a simile are also a deeper way to
    connect racism to the charcters of the poem.

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Nth hour Joseph Madre
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