THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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fruit
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night
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singing
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weeping
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Detailed explanation-1: -Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. A beautiful example can be seen in the first stanza of The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, in the line: The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas…
Detailed explanation-2: -"Strange fruit” is a euphemism for the lynched bodies of African Americans hanging and swaying from trees. Strange Fruit is also the name of one of most powerful protest songs ever written: a haunting song made famous by Billie Holiday, the Jazz diva.
Detailed explanation-3: -She uses the metaphors of an elephant, ponderous house, melon, loaf of bread, fat purse, and cow. The description of the images as well as her thoughts revolving around pregnancy make it clear that she is tensed up about her future. You can read the poem here.