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HELEN KELLER by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE, / IN THE DARK
Last Line: OF INNER POWER.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; KELLER, HELEN (1880-1968); NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
She,
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.
She,
Within herself,
Found loveliness,
Through the soul's own mastery.
And now the world receives
From her dower:
The message of the strength
Of inner power.



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