Portrait in Georgia
Read 'Portrait in Georgia' by 'Jean Toomer' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
Portrait in Georgia by Jean Toomer
Hair--braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher's rope,
Eyes--fagots,
Lips--old scars, or the first red blisters,
Breath--the last sweet scent of cane,
And her slim body, white as the ash
of black flesh after flame.
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