2. ♥Cross♥
By Langston Hughes
My old man’s a white old man
And my mother’ black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I’m sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well.
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I’m gonna die,
Being neither white nor black?

3. Function
• To express the author’s feeling that he/she
confused of the racism that happen to
her/him.

4. Purpose
• The poem is about the author’s confusion
about his/her identity because of the racism.
• It is also to show that racism effected to
• As a reflection for readers to realize the effect
of racism.

5. Speaker
• The author is a child of crossed-race marriage.

6. Elements
• Rhyme a-b, a-b
My old man’s a white old man
And my mother’ black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.

7. • Symbol
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
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