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Kacey Cooper
Jan 4, 20222 min read
"Freedom's Plow" Series: Analysis Part 4
Analysis ranging from lines 175, “Who said those things? Americans!,” to the last line 202, “HOLD ON!” Who said those things? Americans!...
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Kacey Cooper
Jan 3, 20226 min read
"Freedom's Plow" Series: Analysis Part 3
Analysis ranges from line 111, "He was a colored man who had been a slave," to line 174, "THAN TO LIVE SLAVES.." Poem Annotations &...
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Kacey Cooper
Jan 2, 20224 min read
"Freedom's Plow" Series: Analysis Part 2
Analysis ranges from line 48,"Down into the earth went the plow," to line 94,"AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." Poem Annotations & Analysis:...
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Kacey Cooper
Jan 1, 20226 min read
"Freedom's Plow" Series: Analysis Part 1
Analysis ranging from the title, “Freedom’s Plow,” to its 47th line, “FREEDOM.” Title Analysis: Why is it called “Freedom’s Plow?” The...
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Kacey Cooper
Dec 31, 20216 min read
"Freedom's Plow" Series: Background Information
An overview of the context for Langston Hughes' poem "Freedom's Plow" (1943), which the students at St. Alphonsus recited back to him....
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