When Cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in American society. As these injustices have changed over time, the American identity has also shifted. Those changes are, in turn, reflected in American literature.
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Read this excerpt from Countee Cullen's poem "The Dark Tower," and then complete the sentences that follow.
We shall not always plant while others reap
The golden increment of bursting fruit,
Not always countenance, abject and mute,
That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others sleep . . .
When Cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about (casual,internal or racial)the racial internal casual injustices present in American society. As these injustices have changed over time, the American (focus identity response) has also shifted. Those changes are, in turn, reflected in American literature.
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