If We Must Die

I really enjoyed "If We Must Die". I feel as though Claude McKay did a very great job at describing how the blacks were being treated but not disrespecting the whites for who they are as people. As a want-to-be football coach reading this, I get a slight adrenaline surge because I could see this being used at halftime to get my team amped if they are down and getting beaten. I feel as though even though he was describing one specific event in time, you can actually use this poem in just about any aspect of life, or even life itself if it is just beating you down. He is basically saying you only live once, and you are going to die at some point so why not give everything you have for what you are doing and go down with honor rather than go down with nothing. By far my favorite poem.