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“The Wise”

“The Wise”. Countée Cullen. Christian Nonnenman. Countée Cullen Biography. Born: May 30, 1903, Louisville, Kentucky Died: January 9, 1946 Education: New York University, Harvard University Life:

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“The Wise”

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  1. “The Wise” Countée Cullen Christian Nonnenman

  2. Countée Cullen Biography Born: May 30, 1903, Louisville, Kentucky Died: January 9, 1946 Education: New York University, Harvard University Life: -Cullen was very secretive about his life. His real mother did not contact him until he became famous in the 1920s. -Raised in a Methodist household. He attended De Witt Clinton High School in New York and began writing poetry at the age of fourteen.

  3. “The Wise” Dead men are wisest, for they knowHow far the roots of flowers go, How long a seed must rot to grow. Dead men alone bear frost and rain On throbless heart and heatless brain, And feel no stir of joy or pain. Dead men alone are satiate; They sleep and dream and have no weight To curb their rest, of love or hate. Strange, men should flee their company, Or think me strange who long to be Wrapped in their cool immunity.

  4. “Dead men are wisest, for they know…” “They sleep and dream and have no weight” Personification

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