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PARADE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: SEVEN LADIES %AND SEVENTEEN GENTLEMEN
Last Line: A CHANCE TO LET %PARADE! %THE WHOLE WORLD SEE %PARADE %OLD BLACK ME!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS;

Poem Sources:

POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM. VOLUME 1. FROM FIN-DE-SIECLE TO NEGRITUDE.
  ROTHENBERG, JEROME, AND JORIS, PIERRE (EDS.)
  (1995)
 
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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