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Strange Fruit, Poem - Coggle Diagram
Strange Fruit
Lexical fields
Death
Blood
Burning flesh
Nature
Trees
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Magnolia
Humain body
Black bodies
Eyes
Mouth
Flesh
Religious
Pastoral scene
Impact
Denounces the horrors suffered by black slaves
Compares masters to strange fruits
This poem freezes the readers' blood
Origins
1937 : composer by Abel Meeropol
1939 : originally sang by Billie Holiday
Against african american racisms
After slavery
"Southern trees"
Slavery in the south of the USA
Poem
Form
Sonnet
Ballad
Acrostics
calligramm
Style figure
metaphor
rhymes
Rhymes
Different lexical fields
In verse/prose
Use real picture for a better interpetation
Sound/rhythm