This poem was written as a sonnet, in an abbaabbacdcdcd rhyme scheme with an anapestic pentameter. ... The words "of higher worth" are saying more valuable, show your value by not being as hateful and violent as they are, show that you are above the hate. ... This poem was written as a sonnet, in an ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme with a dactylic trimeter. ... So in other words, McKay is saying that African Americans cannot escape this hatred that White Americans have engulfed them with. ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

People get involved in this sport for the same reason they jump out of planes or climb mountains. there are no words to describe the feeling of pushing a car to its limits. ... Deep words. Words no person should ever have the say or think about, especially the youth of the import race scene. Yet, words like this may be continually running through your head for the rest of your life if you ever get into the situation where a race goes bad. ... Since there really isn't any rhyme or reason to the races except, make sure your butt is there, and if you"re the one getting pulled over by Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In his six-minute track "Rap God", Eminem ponders he ponders his place in the music industry as a white rapper when he spits the lines: "My honesty's brutal But it's honestly futile if I don't utilize What I do though for good At least once in a while so I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle Enough rhymes to Maybe try to help get some people through tough times But I gotta keep a few punchlines Just in case cause even you unsigned Rappers are hungry looking at me like it's lunchtime.... It's ironic how he is rapping so...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the time of slavery, African American women have endured many hardships. This group has suffered such injustices as racial prejudice, social and sexual discrimination. Women are constantly being placed under stereotypical microscopes. Black women have succeeded in the world today despit...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate