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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EXPLANATION, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look heah! 'splain to me de reason Last Line: Oh! ...!— Subject(s): Farm Life; Fields; Towns; Agriculture; Farmers; Pastures; Meadows; Leas | |||
Look heah! 'Splain to me de reason Why you said to Squire Lee, Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves In dis heah town, includin' me. Ef he tole you dat, my brudder, He said sump'n dat warn't true; W'at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz Twelve, widout includin' you. Oh! ...!— | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY THREE KINDS OF PLEASURES by ROBERT BLY QUESTION IN A FIELD by LOUISE BOGAN THE LAST MOWING by ROBERT FROST FIELD AND FOREST by RANDALL JARRELL IN FIELDS OF SUMMER by GALWAY KINNELL BY RAIL THROUGH THE EARTHLY PARADISE, PERHAPS BEDFORDSHIRE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE WHITE WITCH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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