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Poetry  Analysis Summary Poet’s intention Mood of the poem Tone of the poet Themes / Lessons Learnt Type of Language Conclusion

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This poem is  writing  by Oswald Durand. The main character and narrator of this poem is a black man’s son who is in love a woman named Lise. However he lacks the confidence to talk to her because he feels she will reject because of his darker skin tone.

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The poet is informing us about how the black man’s son has an attraction towards Lise. He also appears to lack courage to tell Lise how he feels due to fact that he believes he is too dark for her . We also know that Lise and his mother have similar appearance due the fact that poet was comparing their  appearance. We also have information of Lise having a child that is as brown and golden as the maize. At the end of the poem however the black man’s son frightened Lise.

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The poem makes the reader feel pity towards the main character due to him not having enough courage to express his feel ings  towards  Lise.  It's  disheartening to see just because he appears darker he feels he is not  worthy  enough for Lise. It gives the reader a sense of compassion wishing for the main character gain some self confidence so he will be able to reveal his feeling to Lise.

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The poet’s tone appears to be gloomy and discouraging. He also seems to be  given  the impression of a sad  atmosphere  for  the  main character. The writer is also expressing a feeling of fear and love throu ghout the poem. The poet makes the reader feel compassion towards the black man’s son.

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The theme in this poem seems to be lack of self confidence. The main character appears to be afraid to talk to Lise because of his dark  complexion . He is fearful of the fact that she may  reject  him. One of the main points of this poem was to show the  man's  lack of confidence in  himself  to tell Lise how he feels.

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Throughout the poem we see the poet using imagery we can see examples of this in the second stanza. The poet tends to be very descriptive when telling us about the character physical appearance.  We can visualize a person thanks to use of imagery in the poem allowing us to detail a person’s image.

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