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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAKE, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell all my mourners Last Line: In my bein' dead Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks | |||
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red-- Cause there ain't no sense In my bein' dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL 50-50 by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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