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the speaker of this poem is a narrator

Locked arm in arm they cross the way

The black boy and the white,

The golden splendor of the day

The sable pride of night.

From lowered blinds the dark folk stare

And here the fair folk talk,

Indignant that these two should dare

In unison to walk.

Oblivious to look and word

They pass, and see no wonder

That lightning brilliant as a sword

Should blaze the path of thunder.

No one knows where Cullen was really born but most think he was born in New York

Began writing poetry at the age of 14

Countee Cullen was considered the most representative voice of the Harlem Renaissance

Cullen had two different families in his young life first is who scholars believe to be his grandmother second was Rev. Fredrick Cullen and his wife

Tableau

By: Countee Cullen

Pg 745

Tableau has three stanzas each containing four lines

the rhyme scheme of this poem is ABAB

the rhyme of this poem is slant

Tableau is about two children one is white and one is African American they are playing together in the street while adults of both races are watching them and thinking that they are trying to make others angry

Cullen uses metaphors to describe the two boys. he describes the white boy as "the golden splendor of the day" and he descibes the black boy as "the sable pride of the night" in lines 3 and 4

stare and dare in lines 5 and 6 are assonance

Fair, folk, and from in lines 5 and 6 are alliteration

the theme for this poem is and idea that if adults could behave like children and leave seperators like race, color, or language out of the picture everyone could be friends

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