I Look at the World
I Look at the World - meaning Summary
Vision from a Black Face
The speaker views the world from awakened Black eyes and names the confined, fenced space imposed by racism. Recognizing the walls of oppression, the poem rejects passivity and insists those barriers must fall. It shifts to personal agency: the speaker’s clear sight and working hands can build the imagined, just world. The closing address to comrades turns private recognition into a collective, urgent call to action.
Read Complete AnalysesI look at the world From awakening eyes in a black face— And this is what I see: This fenced-off narrow space Assigned to me. I look then at the silly walls Through dark eyes in a dark face— And this is what I know: That all these walls oppression builds Will have to go! I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind— And I see that my own hands can make The world that's in my mind. Then let us hurry, comrades, The road to find.
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