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My old time daddy Came back home last night. His face was pale and His eyes didn’t look just right. He says, “Mary, I’m Comin’ home to you So sick and lonesome I don’t know what to do.” Oh, men treats women Just like a pair o’ shoes You kicks ‘em round...

It was yesterday morning I looked in my box for mail . The letter that I found there Made me turn right pale . Just a little old letter, Wasn’t even one page long— But it made me wish I was in my grave and gone . I turned it over, Not a word writ on the...

I . THE POEM 1941 /1950 part of « lament over love » , series of « ballads » II. TITLE lament : a passionate expression of grief and sorrow ,a song, pièce of music or poem expressing such emotion,expression of regret, disappointment, a complaint. A ballad...

New Yorkers Traduction: Je suis né ici, Ce n’est pas un mensonge, dit-il Juste ici, sous le ciel de Dieu. Je ne suis pas née ici, dit-elle Je viens – et pourquoi? Je viens, De parents qui travaillent dur Toutes leurs vies Jusqu’à ce qu’ils meurent Et...

The poem: Part of Lament over Love, it has the same name as the part. The title: « Lament over Love » It’s composed of 3 words. « Lament » : The narrator complains about Love and the pain that Love can provoke.alliteration in "l" Time and Setting: - We...

I-/ The Poem Madam and Her Madam I worked for a woman, She wasn't mean-- But she had a twelve-room House to clean. Had to get breakfast, Dinner, and supper, too-- Then take care of her children When I got through. Wash, iron, and scrub, Walk the dog around--...

I-The poem The poem "I, Too" was written by Langston Hughes in 1924. The section: Words like freedom. II-Title « I, Too » has major importance, because it implicates that multiple races make up the face of America and not only whites. Langston wants to...

TO BE SOMEBODY Little girl Dreaming of a baby grand piano (Not knowing there’s a Steinway bigger, bigger) Dreaming of a baby grand piano to play That stretches paddle-tailed across the floor, Not standing upright Like a bad boy in the corner, But sending...

I – The poem. The poem was written in the early 1920′s . It belongs to the section ” Magnolia Flowers ”. II – The title. ”Ku klux ” keeps referring to the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was a far-right organization founded in 1865 in the United States...

Poem In the « selected poems « it appears in the fourth selection entitled Sea and Land. Futhermore, in the part Sea and Land we can remark that Langston Hughes speaks about natural places , women , and different countries II. Title Harlem : where he...