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FANTASY IN PURPLE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEAT THE DRUMS OF TRAGEDY FOR ME
Last Line: To go with me / to the darkness / were I go
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEATH; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; DEAD, THE;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://songofamerica.net/song/fantasy-in-purple/#:~:text=%22Fantasy%20in%20Purple%22%20is%20an,edited%20by%20Rae%20Linda%20Brown.



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