... song and feeling the emotion of the singer penetrate your ears. In these lines, "With his ebony hands on each ivory key He made the poor piano moan with melody" (lines 9 and 10), you can s4ee the man's dark hands fall upon the piano keys almost as if they strike random notes that only coincidentally creating harmonious music. The piano does not make a happy tune ... , it moans as if it too can feel the pain of this man. "He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool Sweet Blues Coming from a black ... man's soul- (lines 13-16). He, the singer is not playing music. These lines insinu...

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