Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

WAKE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: TELL ALL MY MOURNERS
Last Line: in my bein' dead
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.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net