Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

NIGHT, DEATH, MISSISSIPPI by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: A QUAVERING CRY. SCREECH-OWL?
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; RACISM; SOUTHERN STATES; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY; SOUTH (U.S.);
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/spotlight_on_a_poem/robert_hayden_s_night_death_miss/


Home: PoetryExplorer.net