Yet Do I Marvel and Any Human to Another/ Countee Cullen

Test Practice

Identify Main Ideas

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about main ideas.

1. What idea is emphasized in the final couplet of “Yet Do I Marvel”?
a. God’s ways are incomprehensible to humans.
b. Black poets, like birds, were created by God to bring beauty to the world.
c. The speaker believes God is good.
d. It is hard to understand why God gives a black poet such talent, yet puts such obstacles in the poet’s way.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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