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I can't believe that's butter!
03-03-2005, 07:32 PM
I've tried Google and a couple of poetry archives, and I simply don't know enough to search; I must rely on other's interpretation of my anecdotes.

It's a fairly famous poem, I think. It's verses that start off with "Do I...." and result in a question; here's the meter:

"Do I (BLAH-blah BLAH-blah BLAH-blah-BLAH)?" Something like that. Dare I say that this poem is of African-American legacy, as well?

Many thanks if you can help.

Askance
03-03-2005, 07:48 PM
No idea. "Do I dare to eat a peach?" is the only line that comes to mind, but that's T.S.Eliot (The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock") and it's only one line in a long poem.

pinkfreud
03-03-2005, 08:05 PM
Any chance that it could be Maya Angelou's Still I Rise (http://www.geocities.com/still_i_rise_book_club2000/)?

D Marie
03-03-2005, 08:12 PM
Is it A Dream Deferred (http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm)?

I can't believe that's butter!
03-03-2005, 08:50 PM
Still I Rise is it. Why I mentally passed over Ms. Angelou, I'll never know.

Thanks a bunch, and especially for dealing with such scant information!

pinkfreud
03-03-2005, 08:54 PM
You're quite welcome.

I answer vague questions for a living, so this was an easy one. :p