Strewing

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface)

Source: Dictionary.com

Found in America by Claude McKay line 12

“…Love is no more…/Than the great tide that treads the shifting shore,/Strewing fresh wreckage gathered in the gales:”

The speaker is comparing love to the effects of wind and water in this part of the poem. The speaker is stating that oceans tides are spreading wreckage(remains of something) gathered in the wind. Understanding this word helped me understand the analogy in these lines.

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