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WHEN SUE WEARS RED by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN SUSANNA JONES WEARS RED
Last Line: Sweet silver trumpets, jesus!
Subject(s): LOVE;
When Susanna Jones wears red
Her face is like an ancient cameo
Turned brown by the ages.
Come with a blast of trumpets,
Jesus!
When Susanna Jones wears red
A queen from some time-dead Egyptian night
Walks once again.
Blow trumpets, Jesus!
And the beauty of Susanna Jones in red
Burns in my heart a love-fire sharp like pain.
Sweet silver trumpets,
Jesus!



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