“What is Africa to me?” (10), the poem becomes a meditation on the divided self of the young African-American poet. In “Heritage,” Cullen reflects on the
What is the poem about? What is the speaker’s message or argument? How does the speaker feel about the subject matter, and how do we know? (Diction creates tone.) What was it about this poem that originally appealed to you? How did your view of the poem change after this deeper analysis?
