Read two of the dialect poems in Songs of Jamaica alongside two dialect poems of your choosing in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896). Analyze the similarities and differences between the two authors’ use of dialect, keeping in mind that McKay was from Jamaica while Dunbar was from Ohio.

Read two of the dialect poems in Songs of Jamaica alongside two dialect poems of your choosing in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896). Analyze the similarities and differences between the two authors’ use of dialect, keeping in mind that McKay was from Jamaica while Dunbar was from Ohio.