Tuesday, January 27, 2009

1900- Analyzing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

http://www.ez-tracks.com/SongLyrics-Lyrics-125.html
"Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?" What this quote of the song says is that although the African-Americans are beat by rods they are proud of their heritage and will not give up without a fight. This song makes me feel like I should have hope no matter what the conditions are. For African-Americans at the time it told them that things would get better in the future.

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