Glossary

Unerring

Part of speech: Adjective

Definition: infallible; incapable

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary

The word is found in the Claude McKay poem America, in the thirteenth line.

“Beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand”

He is using the word as an adjective to describe Americas incapabilities and how it makes him feel.

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