This poem, like many other Cullen works, demonstrates his sympathy and identification with the outcast and his criticism of judgmental and provincial Christians. Jean Wagner asserts that "The Black Christ" is a "masterly reconstruction of the poets inner drama," the conflict between disbelief and faith...
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Wagner argues that the poem reflects Cullen's own reconciliation with Christianity (Shackleford 1013-1016). Cullen's chief problem has been that of reconciling a Christian upbringing with a pagan inclination; this became his pose (Early 170). The form is very definite in most of Cullen's work. The Petrarchan form is suggested in the rhyme scheme of "Yet Do I Marvel...
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