"The White City"--Claude McKay Which of the following is a central irony of the poem?

A. the references to Passion and blood are images of Christ and salvation
B. the speaker's intense hatred produces "a heaven in a white man's hell"
C. the speaker's bitterness must be masked "without flinch"
D. the black speaker's relationship to white society is illegitimate


Answer: B

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