Georgia Dusk (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Toomer
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Blacks, South or Southerners, Nature, Music or musicians, Rural or country life, Singing or singers, Gospel music, Spirituals, Night, Sky
The Poem
“Georgia Dusk” is a short poem of twenty-eight lines divided into seven stanzas. The basic rhythm is iambic pentameter; in each stanza, the first and fourth and the second and third lines rhyme (abba, cddc). The title establishes a specific time of day and geographical location. In the poem, Toomer presents the emotions evoked by the end of a day in the Deep South.
Jean Toomer begins with the sky, herald of sunset. As he paints a picture of the colorful sky, he creates a mood. The sky is too lazy and passive to prolong the splendid sunset. The...
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