Nor hopped for Audiences
She does not dance for the audience but for herself
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- May 2021
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studio.edx.org studio.edx.org
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Nor hopped for Audiences ‑ like Birds ‑
I feel like she is using birds to represent freedom but instead of flying it is hopping.
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And though I had no Gown of Gauze
It is a certain type of dress, that I guess is very popular among ballet dancers.
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In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe ‑Or lay a Prima, mad,
She is talking about ballet moves like spinning with a group of other ballet dancers.
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That had I Ballet Knowledge
She feels like she has natural ballet knowledge
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But oftentimes, among my mind,A Glee possesseth me,
She is saying that even though no one was instructing her she felt delight in dancing.
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No Man instructed me ‑
She is saying that she is self taught and no man was there to tell her what to do.
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I cannot dance opon my Toes ‑
When I read this, I feel like she is saying that she cannot stand high by stating that she cannot dance on her toes.
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- Apr 2021
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moodle.smith.edu moodle.smith.edu
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But I didn’t “hear” it until it was said by a small pair of lips that had already learned it could be a way to humiliate me.
Kind of shows the innocence that children have, she had no idea the word was being spoken and what it meant but when she learned the meaning she realized that she had heard the word many times and just never knew what it meant.
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The dynamics were the exact opposite: the people in my grandmother’s living room took a word that whites used to signify worthlessness or degradation and rendered it impotent.
The people that were called the n-word and changed the meaning of it and made it an ineffective way of degrading someone.
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This particular circle could forgive hard times, unemployment, the occasional bout of depression--they had gone through all of that themselves--but the unforgivable sin was a lack of self-respect
She is saying that these people that went through the hard times of unemployment or other things could move on from that and even experience it again still being able to forgive themselves but they will still hold no respect for themselves and she believes that holding no self-respect is worse than the hard times that were listed.
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Parents who neglected their children, a drunken couple who fought in public, people who simply refused to look for work, those with excessively dirty mouths or unkempt households were all “trifling niggers.”
She is saying that the n-word is now used to call or describe broken families or struggling people instead of its original usage.
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Beyond sexual misconduct and death, everything else was considered harmless for our young ears
She is saying that they are so young and innocent that words go past them and the young have no idea of meanings.
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I didn’t know what a niggerwas, butI knew that whatever it meant, it was something he shouldn’t have called me.
Even though she does not think words have meaning, you can always understand if the word is hateful or meaningful from the tone of the voice.
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like the written word, amounts to a nonsensical arrangement of sounds or letters without a consensus that assigns “meaning
She is basically saying that words are just sounds when spoken but have to meaning to them.
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its power in the dynamics of a fleeting moment of sight, sound, smell, and touch
She believes the power of our words come through our senses.
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newtfire.org newtfire.org
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He said, Train your head, Your heart, and your hand. Your fate is here And not afar, So let down your bucket Where you are.
He is restating previous lines of the next to bring notice to them and show how important they are.
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Practical man
He is restating the second line of the poem and admiring Washington.
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If it be not rooted In solid ground
You must have some kind of education or experience working to make something of yourself.
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The tallest tower Can tumble down
Even at the top you can still fall all the way to the bottom and have to restart what you worked for.
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You may carve a dream With an humble tool.
Dreams can be achieved through work.
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A joker was lucky To be alive. But Booker T. Was nobody's fool
The author is admiring Washington and stating that he is a smart man.
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For a man must crawl Before he can walk
Another example of start from the bottom and make your way to the top.
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With book-learning there And the workman's tool.
He wants people to learn but work as well.
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For smartness alone's Surely not meet—
It sounds like the author is contradicting Washington's ideals of educating everyone and the author is saying that is not enough.
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Your heart, and your hand
He is saying to train your heart to love and your hand to work.
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To help yourself And your fellow man, Train your head
He is basically saying to educate yourself, which was Washington's ideals.
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Let down your bucket Where you are. Your fate is here And not afar
Start from the bottom and fate is not something that can be chosen it is given.
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And learn from the land.
Farming
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Till the soil
Somewhat explains the ideals of Washington and how he wanted people to educate themselves whether it was farming or something else.
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Was a practical man.
The author likes Booker T. Washington
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www.amerlit.com www.amerlit.com
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awful brain compels His awful hand.
Calling his brain awful and saying that God will force his hand upon him.
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With petty cares to slightly understand
He is not putting in effort to understand.
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catechism
Catechism is a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers.
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Inscrutable His ways are,
He cannot understand God's ways.
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To struggle up a never-ending stair
He cannot find the end to his pain or torture?
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Is baited by the fickle fruit
The same fruit that Tantulus was baited with?
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Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus
Tantulus is a Greek mythological figure that was tortured in Tartarus, he was forced to stand in a pool of water under a fruit tree, but not able to eat the fruit or drink water.
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Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,
Flesh as in humans?
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The little buried mole continues blind
Its like he is asking God a question about why he intentionally made moles blind.
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And did He stoop to quibble could tell why
Cullen was scared God would not approve of him and would want to question the matter.
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I doubt not God is good,
Cullen believes in God and knows he is good.
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dbdprints.wixsite.com dbdprints.wixsite.com
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Now the training of men is a difficult and intricate task. Its technique is a matter for educational experts
Women are not seen as capable to become educated or trained.
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drive.google.com drive.google.comDuBois3
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hey are for me unseparated and inseparable
To him beauty and truth are unseparated, He is saying that beauty cannot be seen without truth and truth cannot be seen without beauty for him.
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If you tonight suddenly should become full-fledged Americans; if your color faded, or the color line here in Chicago was miraculously forgotten
He feels that if you want to become a full fledged American you must become white or lighter, as if it is the only way to gain equality.
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how is it that an organization of this kind can turn aside to talk about art?
The organization has focused on the rights and lives of African American people. Art is something that is not talked about much and many people of color do not even think about art, they feel like they do not even have a place to talk about it.
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nationalhumanitiescenter.org nationalhumanitiescenter.org
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The three journals which have been vehicles of most of our artistic expressions have been the avowed organs of social movements and organized social programs.
When he talks about the three journals and artistic expression he uses the words "avowed organs" meaning that these three journals are very important and makes it seem like the three journals allow things to live just like organs do.
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