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1 de jun. de 2023 · The Creation. James Weldon Johnson. 1871 –. 1938. And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely—. I'll make me a world. And far as the eye of God could see.
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This poem starts with a sense of continuity. According to the poet, God might have felt lonely. For this reason, he created the earth. But, he was not satisfied until he made humans. In the body of the poem, readers can find how God made this creation bit by bit. Firstly, he brought light into the world by creating, the sun, moon, and stars. Therea...
It is a free verse poem without having a specific line length or a set rhyming pattern. However, the flow of the poem does not halt for a single moment. It is the beauty of internal rhythm used by the poet to maintainthe verbal energy throughout the text. In some instances, the poet uses slant rhymes too. Apart from that, some lines of the poem are...
To make this story of the creation more appealing to the readers, Johnson uses numerous literary devices in this poem. To begin with, in the first stanza, the poet uses alliteration in the phrase, “make me”. The second stanza contains a hyperbole in “Blacker than a hundred midnights” and a personification in this line, “Darkness covered everything....
Stanza One
‘The Creation’ begins with a continuity. The first line of the poem starts with the conjunction “And”. It refers to the fact that God was thinking about creating the earth for a long time. One day, he felt it was necessary to start the process as he could not tolerate the loneliness anymore. However, such a beginning of a deeply religious episode from the Bible makes the poem more interesting for the readers. It seems that the poet wrote this poem to make the story of Genesis clear to childre...
Stanza Two
In the second stanza, the speaker says as far as God could see “Darkness covered everything.” This image reflects a sense of hopelessness and destruction. To heighten the poetic effect of this section, the poet says space was blacker than “a hundred midnights.” The grandiose language of this line as well as the hyperbolicexpression increases the tension. Moreover, the poet refers to a “cypress swamp.” So, the poet begins the poem after the creation of the earth. For this reason, the swamp is...
Stanza Three
The third stanza captures the reaction of God after looking at the earth. The darkness and the inhabitable environment of earth could not make God fearful. For this reason, he smiled after looking below. In a flash of a second, he brought light dispelling the darkness. According to the poet, “the darkness rolled up on one side” and “the light stood shining on the other.” This section depicts how in front of the power of goodness, the darkness of evil fades away. However, after bringing light...
The poet of ‘The Creation’, James Weldon Johnson was a famous 20th-century American poet. He is also one of the best African-American poets. Moreover, Johnson was the leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was also one of the proponents of the Harlem Renaissance or the New Negro Movement (later named af...
Here is a list of a few poems which are similar to the themes and subject matter of J. W. Johnson’s poem, ‘The Creation’. Readers can refer to the following poems for understanding how the theme of Genesis gets new embodiments in other writers’ works. 1. In Praise of Creationby Elizabeth Jennings– In this poem, the speaker or the poet is in awe of ...
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13 de may. de 2011 · James Weldon Johnson. James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the NAACP as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and anthologies. He was also the first African-American professor at New York University.
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James Weldon Johnson, "The Creation" (1920) THE CREATION. I’ll make me a world. Down in a cypress swamp. And God said, “ That’s good! And He set that sun a-blazing in the heavens. Spangling the night with the moon and stars. And God said, “ That’s good .”. And the earth was under His feet.
Creation. by. Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938; Will Vinton Productions; Billy Budd Films. Publication date. 1981. Topics. Creation, American poetry, Creation, Spirituals (Songs), Creation. Publisher. New York, N.Y. : Billy Budd Films. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Title from data sheet. Music, Dave Friesen.
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10 de dic. de 2010 · by. Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938; Ransome, James. Publication date. 1994. Topics. Creation, Children's poetry, American, Creation, American poetry, Bible stories. Publisher. New York : Holiday House. Collection.
And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I’m lonely— I’ll make me a world. And far as the eye of God could s…
