18 pages 36-minute read

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dawn

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1912

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An angel kisses the sleeping Night awake in Paul Laurence Dunbar's lyrical celebration of dawn, a deceptively simple poem that grapples with imagination versus scientific explanation. Test your understanding of this Victorian gem and the complex literary legacy of its groundbreaking African American author.

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