1. Countee Cullen LEQ Writing Assignment
Pick 5 of the themes chosen by your class and write an essay that shows how they are evident in Cullen’s poetry. (Examples and quotations as proof are a must). Then, explain how these themes tie in to The New Negro Movement/The Harlem Renaissance.

2. Pd. 4/5 Themes Countee Cullen
Recognition / Acknowledgement of Racism
Injustice * Racism is taught/learned
Hypocrisy * Innocence
Political Morals * Privileged
Social Progress
Race relations
Color
Heritage
Religion
Double-Consciousness

3. Pd. 4/5 Cullen Poems 1. A Brown Girl Dead, p. 6
7. Saturday’s Child, p. 20
2. For A Lady I Know, p. 7
8. Song In Spite Of Myself, p. 23
3. Harlem Wine, p. 11
9. Tableau, p. 24
4. Heritage, pgs
10. To Certain Critics, p. 35
5. I Have A Rendezvous With Life, p. 15
11. Yet Do I Marvel, p. 38
6. Incident, p. 17