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[Ms,ReMa]

hi every one

I want your help in THE poem I WANT TO KNOW EVERY THING IN THIS POEM >>> CROSS




CROSS



My old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.

If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well.

My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder were I'm going to die,
Being neither white nor black?

By:

Langston Hughes

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please tell me about :

1-An analysis in each line

2-theme

3-{denotation and connotation} >>THE IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT

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1- WHAT different denotations does the title have ? what connotations are linked to each of theme ??
2- the language in this poem , such as "oldman " {1,3,9}, ma {10}, and 'gonna' {11} , is plain , and even colloquial . Is it appropriate to the subject ? why or why not ?


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[Regit]

Might this perchance be your homework Ms? I think you'd better try to do it first and post your answer here to be corrected; else others might have a go at you. :wave:

[Ms,ReMa]

The main idea of the poem:
The problem of racism. The poet here tried to present the real conflict between white and black in the beginning of ninetieth or (the 20th century) by a child which is a result of a false relationship between white man & black woman. This a child neither black nor white. And at the same time he faces the problem of being an illegal baby (child).
The analyses of the poem:
 In the first stanza: the speaker introduces his white father and his black mother to us we found that he does not mention his mother as a woman because according to the problem of racism she is slave. He asks God to put curses on him father and then regret because all these curses turn back an his as a son of this man.
 In the second stanza: also he asks God to put curses on his black mother and wished her to be in hell. Then, he regrets & wishes to his mother to be well. But he does not mention her curses will be back on him .That's because he doesn't want to belong to her.
 In the last stanza: the speaker makes a comparison between the estate and place of death. As his father died in a big and fine house because he is a white man, but his mother died in a small cave. The speaker finishes the poem by asking a question: where he would die whether a big house or in a small cave? because he is neither a black nor white.
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The figure of Connotation:
Here the poet tries to show the difference between the denotation &connotation. From the denotation of the word cross we have more then one meaning like ( Christianity sign, pass by, problem, false or plus sing, objection).The poet uses the word cross to make 3 connotation and implied meaning:
1. Cross here means passing from side to side as he is passing between his white father and black mother does not know he belongs to as he is neither black nor white .
2. Cross here meaning the problem of racism & the effect of any relationship between black and white which lead to such an illegal son.
3. Cross finally means to object of the difference between black and women like the comparison the poet makes.

this is my answer ??
is it right ??

[Ms,ReMa]

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[The Unnamable]

You have plenty of good ideas – don’t forget cross as in ‘cross-bred’.

The denotative meanings of a word are the dictionary definitions and the connotations are the ideas/associations generated by that word. So the word ‘cross’ can mean a crucifix, a hybrid, a mark on a page to signify that something is incorrect, angry etc.
The things you associate with ‘cross’ (usually culturally determined) include the burning cross of the KKK, a mark made by someone who can’t write (hence lack of education/identity), a burden (‘we all have our cross to bear’) and so on.

You should be able to think of more.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

As his father died in a big and fine house because he is a white man, but his mother died in a small cave. The speaker finishes the poem by asking a question: where he would die whether a big house or in a small cave? because he is neither a black nor white.

Cave? A shack is not a cave. You need to look this up I think.