♥Cross♥ By Langston Hughes

My old man’s a white old man And my mother’ black.

If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back.

If ever I cursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell, I’m sorry for that evil wish And now I wish her well.

My old man died in a fine big house. My ma died in a shack.

I wonder where I’m gonna die, Being neither white nor black?

Function

• To express the author’s feeling that he/she confused of the racism that happen to her/him.

Purpose

• The poem is about the author’s confusion about his/her identity because of the racism.

• It is also to show that racism effected to • As a reflection for readers to realize the effect

of racism.

Speaker

• The author is a child of crossed-race marriage.

Elements

• Rhyme a-b, a-bMy old man’s a white old man

And my mother’ black. If ever I cursed my white old man

I take my curses back.

• SymbolMy old man died in a fine big house.

My ma died in a shack.•