1. Interpret Poem
Cross
Group 1
Febriyani Khasanah Nurawati Mina
Harini Ambarwati Riska Dewi
Lita Kinanti Umamah Umais
Mustika Hati Yulia Sari Riyanti

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 him/her.
To provoke readers’ feeling about the effect of
racism.

4. Purpose
The poem is about the author’s feeling that he/she
loves his/her crossed-race parents
But he/she also confused about his/her identity
because of the racism that became a gap among
them.

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

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