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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
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