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Transcript of the content of poem "Cross"
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♥Cross♥ By Langston Hughes
My old man’s a white old man And my mother’ black.
If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell, I’m sorry for that evil wish And now I wish her well.
My old man died in a fine big house. My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I’m gonna die, Being neither white nor black?
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Function
• To express the author’s feeling that he/she confused of the racism that happen to her/him.
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Purpose
• The poem is about the author’s confusion about his/her identity because of the racism.
• It is also to show that racism effected to • As a reflection for readers to realize the effect
of racism.
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Speaker
• The author is a child of crossed-race marriage.
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Elements
• Rhyme a-b, a-bMy old man’s a white old man
And my mother’ black. If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
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• SymbolMy old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.•