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BAR by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THAT WHISKEY WILL COOK THE EGG %SAY NOT SO
Last Line: MAYBE THE EGG %WILL COOK THE WHISKEY. %YOU OUGHT TO KNOW!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS;

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1990)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1994)
 
POEMS. SELECTED AND EDITED BY DAVID ROESSEL.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1999)
 



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