November Cotton Flower
BY JEAN TOOMER
Boll-weevil’s coming, and the winter’s cold,
Made cotton-stalks look rusty, seasons old,
And cotton, scarce as any southern snow,
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and slow,
Failed in its function as the autumn rake;
Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were found
In wells a hundred feet below the ground—
Such was the season when the flower bloomed.
Old folks were startled, and it soon assumed
Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
This poem is about how the environment .That blacks are surrounded in at this time is hard for them,even though it is hard they still fight and move on to have here rights meet. This poem is explainng how a cooton plant surrvives through any kind of weather but still grows strong and stays alive through the hard times it goes through.
The HR theme that is represented in this poem is the determination to fight against oppression. i chose this HR theme because it explains how the cotton plant through good and bad still survives.This is showing how blacks at this time went through a huge struggle with being artists and performers but they still stuck through it . The poetic device that is used in this poem seems to be symbolism.
I chose this poem because i thought it used symbolism very well. i liked the way this poem was written.
BY JEAN TOOMER
Boll-weevil’s coming, and the winter’s cold,
Made cotton-stalks look rusty, seasons old,
And cotton, scarce as any southern snow,
Was vanishing; the branch, so pinched and slow,
Failed in its function as the autumn rake;
Drouth fighting soil had caused the soil to take
All water from the streams; dead birds were found
In wells a hundred feet below the ground—
Such was the season when the flower bloomed.
Old folks were startled, and it soon assumed
Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
This poem is about how the environment .That blacks are surrounded in at this time is hard for them,even though it is hard they still fight and move on to have here rights meet. This poem is explainng how a cooton plant surrvives through any kind of weather but still grows strong and stays alive through the hard times it goes through.
The HR theme that is represented in this poem is the determination to fight against oppression. i chose this HR theme because it explains how the cotton plant through good and bad still survives.This is showing how blacks at this time went through a huge struggle with being artists and performers but they still stuck through it . The poetic device that is used in this poem seems to be symbolism.
I chose this poem because i thought it used symbolism very well. i liked the way this poem was written.
Hey! I REALLY love how you connected the
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It's a wonderful analysis--very thoughtful. I'd like to see specific examples...
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