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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OCTOROON, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One drop of midnight in the dawn of life's pulsating stream Last Line: Whose every breath is kindliness, whose hearts are purest gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks | |||
One drop of midnight in the dawn of life's pulsating stream Marks her an alien from her kind, a shade amid its gleam; Forevermore her step she bends insular, strange, apart— And none can read the riddle of her wildly warring heart. The stormy current of her blood beats like a mighty sea Against the man-wrought iron bars of her captivity. For refuge, succor, peace and rest, she seeks that humble fold Whose every breath is kindliness, whose hearts are purest gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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