Poem Quotes

"Here on the edge of hell stands Harlem- Remembering the old lies, the old kicks in the back, the old "be patient" They told us before."- Harlem by Langston Hughes

• This poem was talking about the life of African American people back in the old days. How they were charged more for their groceries and weren't allowed in some places. It's tough reading some of these because today, none of that matters. At least not to me. If your a good person, then your a good person. It doesn't matter what color your skin is. You could be all the colors of the rainbow for all I care. It doesn't matter. And it shouldn't.

"And many an eye has danced to see that banner in the sky." -Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes

• Trying to depict people being happy to see that old boat coming into the harbour. It is supposed to represent how joyful people were by seeing that boat because it meant that their loved ones were coming home. Their heroes were coming home to see them.

"What brought that kindred spider to that height, then steered the white moth thither in the night?" -Design by Robert Frost

• In this poem, Frost is trying to figure out why the spider openly walked into his own death? When you read the whole poem, you can tell he was thinking about what fate was. Why did things happen to people? Were they meant to or did they come upon situations by mistake?

"So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens." -The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams

• Even though that's the whole poem and not a quote it's okay because if you think about it, it makes sense more with it all there. The author is talking about how much depends on that red wheelbarrow. He is probably a farmer or something of that sort and he needs that wheelbarrow to plant things so that he can sell them and make money so he can feed himself and possibly a family. A lot depends on that wheelbarrow.

"And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again."

• Thank you right to plea insanity. The author seems to be talking about the government and how corrupt it is. I can for sure agree with that. There are a lot of horrible people out there and when they get caught doing things, they'll pay big bucks for a good lawyer who can defend them. Even if they are a murderer, they get the right to do it. The system is corrupted, there is no mistaking that.