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The Promise of Return

The Promise of Return

Claude McKay’s poem centres on an exiled speaker who repeatedly promises, “I shall return,” to Jamaica. The modal verb “shall” and the future tense make homecoming sound determined and inevitable.

2.1.7 I Shall Return by Claude McKay Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.7 I Shall Return by Claude McKay

Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas GCSE English Literature 2.1.7 I Shall Return by Claude McKay. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century prose text, the post-1914 text, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since Component 2's unseen poetry section is usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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