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faysak's review
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
the poems themes are universal: somber and sometimes sweet. i especially enjoyed the poems about God & religion and the new perspective cullen gives them. some poems were hard for me to read. (read for a class)
readwithev's review against another edition
4.0
Loved the lyrical, musical style of this collection.
Some more favorite include: Pagan Prayer, Wisdom Cometh with the Years, The Shroud of Color, Heritage, For a Mouthy Woman, To My Friends, and Harsh World That Lashest Me.
Some more favorite include: Pagan Prayer, Wisdom Cometh with the Years, The Shroud of Color, Heritage, For a Mouthy Woman, To My Friends, and Harsh World That Lashest Me.
skersh68's review against another edition
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Color by Countee Cullens was his first book of poetry that was published in 1925. The book consists of 72 poems that includes his most notable works Heritage, Yet, Do I Marvel and Incident. It doesn’t stop there. Some of my favorites are A Brown Girl Dead, To A Brown Boy, Harlem Wine, Tableau, For A Poet, She of the Dancing Feet Sing and In Memory of Col. Charles Young. This is just a partial list. This collection of poems focuses on the main problems of the 20th century. Problems such as racial segregation that existed in the United States after slavery and during his time. Sadly, the color line is still an issue today.