Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TENEBRIS, by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a tree, by day Last Line: Or is it a shadow? Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Shadows | ||||||||
There is a tree, by day, Has a shadow, A hand huge and black, With fingers long and black. All through the dark, Against the white man's house, In the little wind, The black hand plucks and plucks At the bricks. The bricks are the color of blood and very small. Is it a black hand? Or is it a shadow? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANIMAL INSIDE THE ANIMAL by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSANTONIC RIVER ALONE ON A RAINY APRIL NIGHT by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOCTURNE IN A MINOR KEY by CONRAD AIKEN SONATA IN PATHOS by CONRAD AIKEN I LOOKED FOR LIFE AND DID A SHADOW SEE by JAMES GALVIN A MONA LISA by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE |
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