E58 If We Must Die by Claude McKay

About this episode

An immersive reading of If We Must Die by Claude McKay with reflections on military metaphors in healthcare.

Send us Fan Mail Description: An immersive reading of If We Must Die by Claude McKay with reflection on military metaphors in healthcare and being a fighter. Website: https://anauscultation.wordpress.com Work: If We Must Die by Claude McKay If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursèd lot. If we must die, O let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In va...

Topics covered

• poetry
• military metaphors
• healthcare
• reflection
• literature

Keywords

• If We Must Die
• Claude McKay
• military metaphors
• healthcare
• poetry

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