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"Ships that Pass in the Night" By Paul Laurence Dunbar
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing;
I look far out into the pregnant night,
Where I can hear a solemn booming gun
And catch the gleaming of a random light,
That tells me that the ship I seek is passing, passing.
My tearful eyes my soul's deep hurt are glassing;
For I would hail and check that ship of ships.
I stretch my hands imploring, cry aloud,
My voice falls dead a foot from mine own lips,
And but its ghost doth reach that vessel, passing, passing.
O Earth, O Sky, O Ocean, both surpassing,
O heart of mine, O soul that dreads the dark!
Is there no hope for me? Is there no way
That I may sight and check that speeding bark
Which out of sight and sound is passing, passing?
1). Discussion Approach:
Identify the poem and the poet
Who is speaking?
What is the setting?
What is the point of view?
What is the information?
Form: What is the poem’s shape?
2) Write your own poem utilizing the style of the above poem. Your poem should be original; you are allowed to utilize the pattern, rhyme scheme, and structure of the poem. At the end of your poem (at the bottom of the page) indicate what poem inspired yours.
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Ships that Pass in the Night
The poem “Ship that Pass in the Night” is a poem written after the apartheid regime had
been abolished and the African Americans had started getting certain equal rights with the with
at the time. The poem elaborates how there was no equality even though the services were to be
given equally to all the people regardless of the races they were in. The poem tries to give a
view of the real deal that was happening. The African Americans were still being oppressed and
they had hope. Thus the poem tries to show that all people had hope of a better future despite
their races. The poem was written by Laurence Dunbar while he was trying to wish everybody
having opportunities in life that their opportunities could be valid only if they hoped, wished and
did everything they could in order to achieve that which they were looking for.
The person speaking in the poem is a person who has seen how the African Americans
are being marginalized and feel like encouraging his brothers that their time to be bosses is
coming only if they keep up ...
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