Gold mouths cry with the green young
certainty of the bronze boy
remembering a thousand autumns
and how a hundred thousand leaves
came sliding down his shoulder blades
persuaded by his bronze heroic reason.
We ignore the coming doom of gold
and we are glad in this bright metal season.
Even the dead laugh among the goldenrod.
The bronze boy stands kneedeep in centuries,
and never grieves,
remembering a thousand autumns,
with sunlight of a thousand years upon his lips
and his eyes gone blind with leaves.
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The Setting: A Mission Built on Sand The story is set in the 1930s in colonial Cameroon. Our “eyes and ears” for the story is Denis, a young boy who is incredibly devout—almost to a fault. He works for Father Drumont, the powerful, stern, and legendary founder of the Bomba mission. To Denis, Drumont is…
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Act & Scene Quote Meaning 1.3 “What, can the devil speak true?” Banquo is shocked that the Witches’ prophecy about the Thane of Cawdor came true, showing his immediate suspicion. 1.3 “The instruments of darkness tell us truths… to betray ‘s in deepest consequence.” He warns Macbeth that evil forces use small truths to trick…
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