Poem Analysis Of Tableau By Countee Cullen

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Poem Analysis The poem “Tableau” by Countee Cullen is about two boys of different skin color walking arm in arm defying society at the time.The theme of this poem is filled with the idea of unity and change for the better good, for example “that lightning brilliant as a sword should blaze the path of thunder” (Cullen) is a metaphoric meaning, meaning that the future of this generation will break the barrier of the past to form a path of unity and equality another example is “from lowered blinds the dark folk stare and here the fair folk talk, Indignant theses two should dare in unison to walk, Oblivious to look and word they pass and see no wonder” (Cullen) and imagery example vividly describing how the people disapprove of these two boys