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MY PEOPLE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE NIGHT IS BEAUTIFUL
Last Line: beautiful, also, are the souls of my people
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

The night is beautiful,
So the faces of my people.
The stars are beautiful,
So the eyes of my people.
Beautiful, also, is the sun.
Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.



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