The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay
The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay

The Harlem Dancer

Claude McKay * Track #75 On Emily Dickinson

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The Harlem Dancer by Claude McKay

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Claude McKay
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The Harlem Dancer is talking about a prostitute, where everyone is gathered around her enjoying her. She’s dressed with little clothes on and dancing sexually. Her voice was beautiful, and her skin color was black. While she is dancing and singing her shadows is moving with her. She had comfort in h...

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The Harlem Dancer Annotated

Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes
And watched her perfect, half-clothed body sway;
Her voice was like the sound of blended flutes
Blown by black players upon a picnic day.
She sang and danced on gracefully and calm,
The light gauze hanging loose about her form;
To me she seemed a proudly-swaying palm
Grown lovelier for passing through a storm.
Upon her swarthy neck black shiny curls
Luxuriant fell; and tossing coins in praise,
The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,
Devoured her shape with eager, passionate gaze;
But looking at her falsely-smiling face,
I knew her self was not in that strange place.

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The Harlem Dancer was written by Claude McKay.

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