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NEAR WHITE by COUNTEE CULLEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: AMBIGUOUS OF RACE THEY STAND
Last Line: AND CRY, 'MY SISTER' OR 'MY BROTHER'

Poem Sources:

ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 



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