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THE BLACK FINGER by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE JUST SEEN A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING
Last Line: AND WHY ARE YOU POINTING UPWARDS?
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; FINGERS; NATURE; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
I have just seen a most beautiful thing:
Slim and still,
Against a gold, gold sky,
A straight, black cypress,
Sensitive
Exquisite
A black finger
Pointing upwards.
Why beautiful still finger, are you black?
And why are you pointing upwards?



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