The Tropics In New York is a poem by which author?

• A. Claude McKay
• B. Langston Hughes
• C. W. B. Yeats
• D. Robert Frost

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing Harlem Renaissance poetry and the author known for Jamaican-born perspectives within that movement. The Tropics in New York expresses the longing for home and tropical warmth while set in the urban landscape of New York, a theme strongly associated with Claude McKay, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance who often wrote from the viewpoint of Caribbean immigrants in America. He published this poem in Harlem Shadows, capturing that mix of nostalgia and contrast between tropical imagery and city life.

The other poets listed have different foci: Langston Hughes writes across Black urban experience in America, W. B. Yeats draws on Irish myth and politics, and Robert Frost centers on rural New England settings. None of them are the author of this particular piece, which aligns with McKay’s voice and themes.