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INCIDENT by COUNTEE CULLEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE RIDING IN OLD BALTIMORE
Last Line: OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE %THAT'S ALL THAT I REMEMBER
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; RACISM; SOCIAL PROTEST;

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE IN AMERICA.
  HALL, DONALD (ED.)
  (1985)
 
SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME VIII: INTERVAL BETWEEN WARS.
  (1986)
 
CAROLING DUSK; AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE BY NEGRO POETS.
  CULLEN, COUNTEE (ED.)
  (1927)
 
I AM THE DARKER BROTHER; AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POEMS BY NEGRO AMERICANS.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1968)
 
ON FREEDOM'S SIDE; AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POEMS OF PROTEST.
  KRAMER, AARON (ED.)
  (1972)
 
A NEW TREASURY OF CHILDREN'S POETRY; OLD FAVORITES AND NEW DISCOVERIES.
  COLE, JOANNA (COMP.)
  (1984)
 
LITERATURE; THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
  ABCARIAN, RICHARD, & KLOTZ, MARVIN (EDS.)
  (1980)
 
THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 
DISCOVERING POETRY.
  GUTH, HANS PAUL & RICO, GABRIELLE L.
  (1993)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
POETRY; A HARPERCOLLINS POCKET ANTHOLOGY.
  GWYNN, R.S. (ED.)
  (1993)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. SHORTER FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
  GATES, HENRY LOUIS, JR. & MCKAY, NELLIE Y. (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE.
  PHILIP, NEIL (ED.)
  (1996)
 
A CHILD'S ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. EDITED BY ELIZABETH HAUGHE SWORD WITH VICTORIA FLOURNOY MCCARTHY.
  SWORD, ELIZABETH HAUGE (ED.)
  (1995)
 
101 GREAT AMERICAN POEMS.
  CARROLL, ANDREW, ET AL. (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
AMERICAN POETRY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. VOLUME 2. E. E. CU,MMINGS TO MAY SWENSON.
  (2000)
 
BLACK VOICES; AN ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE.
  CHAPMAN, ABRAHAM (ED.)
  (2001)
 
1000 QUOTABLE POEMS; AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE. COMPILED BY THOMAS CURTIS CLARK AND ESTHER A. GILLESPIE. 2 VOLUMES IN 1.
  CLARK, THOMAS CURTIS (COMP.)
  (1937)
 
THE OXFORD ILLUSTRADED BOOK OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S POEMS.
  HALL, DONALD (ED.)
  (1999)
 
ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
READINGS FROM THE NEW POETS.
  ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM W. (ED.)
  (1928)
 
THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY ON CD. 20TH CENTURY: POETRY OF OUR TIME.
  (1998)
 



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