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Poetry Introduction

Poetry Introduction. Connection to tone. Comparison. Strange Fruit Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood on the root, Black body swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant South,

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Poetry Introduction

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  1. Poetry Introduction Connection to tone

  2. Comparison Strange Fruit Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood on the root, Black body swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant South, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh, And the sudden smell of burning flesh! Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. Song for a Dark Girl Way Down South in Dixie (Break the heart of me) They hung my black young lover To a cross roads tree. Way Down South in Dixie (Bruised body high in air) I asked the white Lord Jesus What was the use of prayer. Way Down South in Dixie (Break the heart of me) Love is a naked shadow On a gnarled and naked tree.

  3. “Strange Fruit” by Lewis Allen (Abel Meeropol) Performed by Billy Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

  4. “Song for a Dark Girl”by Langston Hughes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26RBOo7KLU&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IQkhia3jM

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