In the second stanza, Cullen says the dark of the night is just as beautiful as the light of the stars. What is he really (symbolically) saying here, and why was that such a groundbreaking thing to say for the time period? (3-4 sentences)

He is symbolically stating that white and black people have the same value and beauty. This was innovative at the time, as he used subjective and romantic elements to expose an incisive and strong social criticism.

Explanation:

This question is about the poem "From the Dark Tower" written by Countee Cullen. In the poem he addresses in a highly poetic and subjective way the sad history of blacks in producing things that they will not be able to own, as they will remain with white people. The poet reinforces the idea of social injustice, where white people can enjoy the fruits of their own work, while black people cannot.

In the second stanza, he asserts that the darkness of the night is as beautiful as the light of the stars, showing that the color of an element does not change its importance, value and beauty and this must also be considered in relation to people.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class