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HOPE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE ROSE UP ON HIS DYING BED / AND ASKED FOR FISH
Last Line: His wife looked it up in her dream book / and played it
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; FRIENDSHIP; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
He rose up on his dying bed
and asked for fish.
His wife looked it up in her dream book
and played it.



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