Thursday, March 20, 2008

What is the meaning?

The poem "The Black Finger"to the lower right is a poem I am analyzing in my Harlem Renaissance class. A few of my classmates didn't like it because they couldn't understand it. Do you? What do you think it means?

4 comments:

MalmsteenRulez! said...

You know what? When I first read it, I didn't understand it either. When I read the second time, from my understanding, it's like a beautiful woman who's angry at God and pointing upward at the sky. Too literal maybe but I'm not a really poetic person so excuse my stupid explanation.

The Benjamite said...

Wow. Very interesting poem...sorry I did not understand it. could you explain it?

I like poems like this, though I do feel sometimes authors try to be too complex and having the reader stuggle too much to understand; not sure of the point in that.

Anonymous said...

This peom makes you think and I like that. I think it is referring to a black woman as a cypress plant against the sun towards the sky and she is rising above all the struggles she is facing. Even though she beautiful and exquisite her color is an issue, she is sad, but still standing.

Iddan said...

Have you looked at your finger lately? Sounds ridiculous but your finger is shaped like the figure of a woman. Basically this guy is saying, that he sees a beautiful woman making it through tough times (the still standing part). Thus he is baffled by all aspects of her beauty, even in the trying times.

But you really should be having us do your HW. lol