When the author refers to, "that darky's", face it must be referring to the color of that persons skin color. When the author uses that phrase it makes me think that the author is trying to sound some what racist and that I feel like we as readers are able to pick something like that makes me think that this phrase is a strong one that points out the writers obvious message that she wants people to know that person was a dark skinned person.

When reading this and looking at the title as well as reading the rest of it I can tell its about society back in the day and how being black was filled with oppression as well as a-lot of hard times and struggles. Those two lines are probably referring to how that lady doesn’t want to bring a child into a world were it is corrupt as well as filled with hatred and neglect.

when reading this I grasp that the author is addressing how war can be and how useless the author might think war is and that it seems to be a repeated process were people go into war and either come back hop-less or don’t come back home at all and that some of the people might be young and just might be kids when they talk about eyes not seeing death before can portray how young some of the men are or should I say boys.

When trying to understand this to me I think that Gwendolyn is trying to talk about ones self identity and how it can shape us and define who we can be and to and to be ones self and be true to what you might want to do as well.

This tells me that an African American person eating at the dinner table with White people would cause some kind of commotion between the ethnic groups and that both sides knew they shouldn't do certain things or there would be consequences for things like that.

When reading this it seems that this is talking about the segregation American faced for the longest time. Were African American people usually served the White people. This time period was when there was still a-lot of racism and when they had places for the African American's to drink separate from the White people.

When reading these two first lines it seems to be a symbolic representation of the hard times this person has faced as well struggles his people has faced as well. When they are talking about rivers being ancient to this world it makes me think about the old world and how it was and that African American people might have suffered.

I think the author is comparing the evolution or transformation of a butterfly in terms of how African Americans people have grown out of their shells and evolved into better beings and brought into a world of new.

When reading this part I can grasp the idea the author is talking about it seems to be comparing African American slaves to at that current time in the 20's African American people. Basically talking about the change over time and that their people have progressed over time and things are getting better and that salve's are no longer existent and should not even be talked about feeling. I like how there basically saying how the old ways are over and it's a new era and new world and people should be acting as such and to be equal as well as freedom.

When i'm reading this and I compare this to the other reading this seems so much brighter in terms as feeling and attitude this author is bringing, because the other reading was sad and talking about how white people were basically better. In this part of the reading I can grasp a b better more uplifting feeling and a more proud and happy feeling.

I guess being raised in a middle class type of setting seems like a bad thing but in all reality it doesn’t seem like he has it all bad compared to lower class people that are struggling more then him. He said he's middle class, that means there are people doing worse some other place. if your comparing yourself to others that have more, like the white people of this era there isn't going to be a-lot of improving there should be growth in ones willing desire to do better for themselves not to compare them to each other.

it seems that the authors view of white people seem almost as gods and that they control virtually everything, as well as being superior in race it seems. When he says, "the word white comes to be unconsciously a symbol of all virtues", proves my idea that it seems lie there is some type of god factor that seems to be attached to this idea of some type of godly figure being imitated.

When reading this quote it made me think about the struggles people had in that era, were people were fighting for their rights more so then today. It also makes me think that African American Poets were under appreciated and look down upon in society and that white poets had more power and control of current issues and favors from others. It basically says that he isn't proud of his race more so it seeming because of his poetic views as well literature wasn't being appreciated as much.

We see here again bones are being used over and over to represent death a big thing in these writings that keeps being mentioned.

Here see see the notion of death pop up again talking about bones again and again. I think the when using these certain words especially bones makes you really think about how death was a big concern maybe even of that time period with the reference being used over and over,

We see again how there is a theme of death that is continually being used to describe dead people bones as well as some lifeless bodies they seem to have uncovered and also mentions a rat that iv'e seen pop up a few times.

When reading this there seems to a common theme of death going around in this with talking about souls and bones and things like that being mentioned a-lot .

When I first read this I thought it was strange to think that winter would keep someone warm, then i Though are they maybe talking about an analogy or foreshadowing something?

I agree that criticism helps you improve on your work from other points of view that you can build off of and make your works better down the line.

I definitely agree with this statement that creating a few master pieces compared to many that aren’t so great is a good idea.

When reading this I picked up that the author might be talking about the many new faces you try and remember at train stations by they go by really fast since everyone at train stations usually move fast to get from place to place.

When I read this I pick almost a feeling of regret that he cannot take both way's also connecting that to real life we can't always take both paths referring to an easy way or a hard way.

it seems that one neighbor is telling the other that he is a good neighbor for basically being responsible that basically his property is not on his land and he’s not invading his space but it seems they don't talk about the wall as much.

When I read this theres a sense of responsibility or belonging in the tone of this text were it seems to be like there is a need for these people, these tow neighbors to create this wall and barrier between them but there is no aggression or quarrel between the two.

When reading this it makes me think that he talking about a flower of death per say while he's stalking it it could be a metaphor that death is stalking him.

When it says here lies you pick up that the person is no longer with us and that there was none to mourn his death with the foreshadow that he wasn’t loved or cared about.

When reading this I get the feeling that the person is talking about how love is unnecessary for your survival as a human and you can go without something unneeded like that.

It seems that this person has had a really long life were there were some things that might have made the person as but in the end it seems that the person seemed to have a content kind of life that was well lived and that there also seemed like there was a lesson to keep your head held high.

When reading this and trying to understand what this means it seems to me that there analyzing how a person could be or act. A person's actions as well as what their trying to do might have a greater meaning behind it maybe even for their own self benefit. This also seems like the whole idea that there is always some bad in good, you might not even know it yet either.

When reading this I felt a tone of sadness in the persons voice as almost a regret of not opening their eyes to bigger ideas as well as their surroundings. there seemed to be a-lot going on but the person was just unable to open their eyes.

When reading this I hear a sense of nostalgia in the persons tone like when things were great and of a time period when things were so great like a flash back of some sort. It seems as if the person went away for something and that everything seems to be just like they were when he left.

When I was reading this I see that he's comparing the frugalness of the jug to the lives of men. He's saying that we have to treat a jug very carefully and with caution and with lives of men because he's saying that they won't leave this earth maybe in relation to a ghost but mens lives. Also when it says,"knowing that most things break", and also saying after saying unless is firm on the earth makes me think that it's the spirit of maybe a ghost and it's not easy for them to go away.

When I was reading this and saw the word hermitage being used that must mean there was a person in some type of religious solitude in that town made me wonder why a person like that is confining themselves to religious beliefs. and when he says, "The road was his with not a native near", must mean there wasn't anyone in sight or it might have been a ghost town other then maybe the hermit that he mentions prior.

When reading this it just seems that she's just staying with john because she kinda just has too. I feel like if you left a man and you tried to marry another man that just wasn't really possible in that time and age. Her relationship with him doesn’t seem the healthiest as well.

When looking at this makes me think that all the men had the power in this time and age and that men had every right to control women like objects like that and that is absolutely wrong, but unfortunately it happened in that area. It even goes to the length that a doctor is saying if your husband thinks your ok then your ok even though it clearly says she’s not ok at all.

When looking at this we see that there is a type of way or feeling that men in this time period could of thought about women back then. Men in that time period for sure looked down upon women and in todays day and age I would like to think we don't think like that as much at least.

The felling of him saying, "Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in my own house?", tells us that he dosen’t feel secure even in his safe place of his own house. He feels like a stranger to himself to everyone and everything in his life and that the comfort of his life and being wasn't safe because of racial injustice.

When reading this it seems that there is a sense of realization that he is different from the others, as well as the veil seeming to be symbol of a type of separation between him and others in his community. and from reading the prior section I could assume this all has to deal with his race and fitting into society.

When I read this I feel like there is some type of outside feeling, from race. You do sense a tone of feeling unwanted as well as not belonging. I wonder if not belonging as well as race is going to be a big issue in this reading.

When was reading this I picked up that sex as well as the idea of being a virgin might have maybe been a driving factor or illustrious illusions because it seemed most people at least maybe women were virgins unless they were married because they might have been per say soiled if they had premarital sex and I feel like in that time period that felt like it was a big thing to be a virgin until then.

When reading this I thought to myself the idea of sex as well as the notion of it being hidden made me think weren’t people thinking about it at all, because in todays society I think that a huge thing that people do all the time but maybe in that time period as well as county it wasn't per say a necessity because they were just trying to survive.

When Adam talks to himself in third person perspective I find it honestly entertained as well as nice to see a different view point of how he wrote this as well as his quest for more knowledge.

When I see this and it says from my children inherit as well as talk about the soil of the earth I think it's a representation of taking care of the earth for generations to come and the well being of the earth as well.

When I look at this it makes me think about why West Virginia to Kiss My Ass is in capitalization maybe in representation that that is an important location to this reading.

When I was first reading this I was a bit confused but then thought how this could have been in relationship to maybe the development of maybe the automobile or the ever so production of things man has created over time from bread to a driveshaft.

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