"America"

In Claude McKay's view of America, it shows his opinion and hope for a better country. He first speaks of "bitterness', "Stealing my breath of life", and "vigor" all puts America in a dark light as something he can't even survive in. That is personal in that he's being put down because of the time's segregation and racial separation very alive in the time. He admits though that he loves America, saying it gave him strength. He's talking about the opportunity to make things better, to visualize a time where racial segregation could be lessened or vanquished. He leaves us with a dark revelation though. He regresses his hopeful guise with a look at the future if that things remained the same as it was then, "her might and granite wonders there... sinking in the sand." He's saying it will destroy America and the view of America that anything can happen and that we are given divine rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." His second mood of hopefulness emulates that quote from the preamble of the Constitution.