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- Overview
- Context
- Characters
- Plot Summary
- Part Summaries
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- Part 1, Karintha
- Part 1, Poems (Reapers–Song of the Son)
- Part 1, Becky
- Part 1, Carma
- Part 1, Poems (Georgia Dusk–Portrait in Georgia)
- Part 1, Fern
- Part 1, Esther
- Part 1, Blood-Burning Moon
- Part 2, Seventh Street
- Part 2, Rhobert
- Part 2, Avey
- Part 2, Poems (Beehive–Harvest Song)
- Part 2, Theater
- Part 2, Calling Jesus
- Part 2, Box Seat
- Part 2, Bona and Paul
- Part 3, Kabnis
- Quotes
- Symbols
- Themes
- Author Biography
- Suggested Reading
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| Part | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Karintha | The vignettes and stories in Part 1 take place in a rural community in the southern state of Georgia. "Karintha" i... Read More |
| Part 1, Poems (Reapers–Song of the Son) | The poems in Part 1 borrow from folk songs, spirituals, and imagist techniques. "Reapers" is an eight-line poem ... Read More |
| Part 1, Becky | "Becky" is a vignette or brief description narrated in the first-person past tense. Four sentences appear at the beginni... Read More |
| Part 1, Carma | "Carma" is a vignette narrated in the third-person past tense. A four-line stanza describing the music of wind-blown sug... Read More |
| Part 1, Poems (Georgia Dusk–Portrait in Georgia) | "Georgia Dusk" is a seven-stanza poem with an ABBA rhyme scheme. The poem describes sights and sounds in rural Georgia... Read More |
| Part 1, Fern | "Fern" is a short story narrated in the first-person past tense. Fern is a young light-skinned black woman with a ... Read More |
| Part 1, Esther | "Esther" is a short story narrated in the third-person past tense. It follows a young light-skinned black woman named Es... Read More |
| Part 1, Blood-Burning Moon | "Blood-Burning Moon" is a short story narrated in the third-person past tense. It tells the story of a black woman named... Read More |
| Part 2, Seventh Street | Most of the stories and vignettes in Part 2 take place in Washington, D.C. "Bona and Paul" takes place in Chicago, Illin... Read More |
| Part 2, Rhobert | "Rhobert" is a vignette narrated in the third-person present tense. Rhobert, an African American man, has shaky le... Read More |
| Part 2, Avey | "Avey" is a short story told in the first-person past tense. It takes place in Washington, D.C. The narrator, a yo... Read More |
| Part 2, Poems (Beehive–Harvest Song) | The five poems in Part 2 consider nature, religion, city, and country. "Beehive" is a free-verse poem narrated i... Read More |
| Part 2, Theater | "Theater" is a short story narrated in the third-person present tense. It depicts one night in Washington, D.C.'s Howard... Read More |
| Part 2, Calling Jesus | "Calling Jesus" is a vignette narrated in the first-person present tense. The narrator describes a woman whose sou... Read More |
| Part 2, Box Seat | "Box Seat" is a short story narrated in the third-person present tense. Dan Moore, a young black man, walks to a w... Read More |
| Part 2, Bona and Paul | "Bona and Paul" is a short story narrated in the third-person present tense. It dramatizes the brief love affair of Bona... Read More |
| Part 3, Kabnis | "Kabnis" is dedicated to Toomer's mentor, Waldo Frank. It's presented in Cane as a short story adapted from a play. ... Read More |
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