Joseph+Seamon+Cotter,+Jr

Omid Asgharzadeh Period 5 **Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.**



====Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. was born 2 September 1895 .He was a talented journalist and poet. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He started his education with his sister teaching him to read. He graduated from Louisville’s Central High School in 1911. He went to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for two years and then he suffered with tuberculosis. He completed a lots of poetry during the last several years of his life.He relates to the Harlem Renaissance because hecreated poetry that related to the concerns at the time. He used self expression by bringing his own views to light and combining them with other peoples views. He died of tuberculosis in Louisville in 1919.====

Poetry Analysis

AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?

ROTHER, come! And let us go unto our God. And when we stand before Him I shall say"Lord, I do not hate, I am hated. I scourge no one, I am scourged. I covet no lands, My lands are coveted. I mock no peoples, My people are mocked." And, brother, what shall you say?
 * // by: Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919) //**

Analysis The poet is obvoiusly talking about how African Americans are scourged and hated. "Lord I do not hate, I am hated" Meaning that African Americans do not hate white people. They just want what is right and they want freedom. "I covet no lands, My lands are coveted" He is talking about opportunities. He is trying to get African Americans to see that their rights are being taken away. He is trying to get them to fight for their rights. "And, brother, what shall you say?" He is trying to get African Americans fired up to fight for their rights. He is trying to intice people to fight for their rights. Works Cited "Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Jr. (1895-1919) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." //| The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. []. "Poetry Archive." //Poetry Archive//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2011. <www.poetry-archive.com/c/and_what_shall_ "Poets' Corner - Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. - Poems." //Welcome to The Other Pages//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <http://theotherpages.org/poems