I think he may be right. But I have not read the whole thing, so I may be wrong.
A theme is a universal lesson learned and the central idea is a one-sentence main idea.
- <em>Central idea</em> conveys that the text is about mainly, whereas, <em>theme </em>refers to the author's message, life lesson or moral learned from the story.
- A <em>central idea</em> cannot be referred to as the topic of the text, on the other hand, a <em>theme</em> cannot be same as topic.
- In one sentence, the<em> central idea </em>can be stated, whereas, <em>themes</em> are repeated and can be multiple.
Therefore, a theme is not the central idea, nor it can act as a topic of the text.
What are the options?
A good question would be : What was the main idea?
Answer:
But here and there a few cars groaning creep
Along, above, and underneath the street
Explanation:
The poem <em>Dawn in New York</em> by Claude Mckay is a short poem with just 14 lines. This narrative poem talks about sunrise in New York city one morning, with the use of descriptive words to paint a picture of the event for the readers.
The lines that suggest that the morning commute is starting to begin can be from the 7th and 8th lines of the poem.<em> "But here and there a few cars groaning creep Along, above, and underneath the street"</em>, showing the first sign of movement of the people.
