We have to research an American poem that relates to the social issues in the book Huckleberry Finn/Mark Twain, for class. I was just wondering if any of you have any ideas to a poem that would fall into this category. Thanx in advance.
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"The Slave" by James Oppenheim
"The Slave Singing at Midnight" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Jefferson Howard" by Edgar Lee Masters
"The Slave in the Dismal Swamp" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Million Man March Poem" by Maya Angelou
"The Slave's Dream" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Freedoms Plow" by Langston Hughes
Huck the Huckster
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Oh gullible and easily persuaded, please come hence
A lesson awaits in how to whitewash a fence
You can dream of rafting down the river
But a more meaningful satisfaction I can deliver
To you four bold adventurers all
A way for you to have a ball
You see, not everybody gets to paint this wood
If only you were so lucky that you could
It takes skill, you see, to paint a fence
For a nickel apiece I'll give you a chance
To show me of what you're really made
Under a tree I'll repose in the cool, cool shade
And sip a glass of lemonade
While I watch you all toil in the blazing sun
Knowing that you're having all the fun
My nickels I'll take to the candy store
Come back tomorrow if you want some more.
Over the Hills and Far Away by Eugene Field
Over the hills and far away,
A little boy steals from his morning play,
And under the blossoming apple-tree
He lies and dreams of the things to be:
Of battles fought and of victories won,
Of wrongs o'erthrown and of great deeds done--
Of the valor that he shall prove some day,
Over the hills and far away--
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away
It's, oh, for the toil of the livelong day!
But it mattereth not to the soul aflame
With a love for riches and power and fame!
On, O man! while the sun is high--
On to the certain joys that lie
Yonder where blazeth the noon of day.
Over the hills and far away--
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away
An old man lingers at close of day;
Now that his journey is almost done,
His battles fought and his victories won--
The old-time honesty and truth,
The trustfulness and the friends of youth,
Home and mother--where are they?
Over the hills and far away--
Over the hills and far away!
Eugene Field(1850-1895) American author and Poet
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