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invocation 1. a prayer asking God for help, forgiveness, etc., esp as part of a religious service 2. an appeal for inspiration and guidance from a Muse or deity at the beginning of a poem 3. a. the act of summoning a spirit or demon from another world by ritual incantation or magic b. the incantation used in this act How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cane's poems can be seen in this light, in which direct address and invocatory voices take the form of a spiritual, "Cotton song": "Shackles fall upon the Judgement Day / But lets not wait for it" (11), an imagistic lyric, "Her Lips Are Copper Wire": "and press your lips to mine / till they fare incandescent" (57), or a communal hymn, as in "Harvest Song": This segued into a musical section with the dancers joining the musicians, using gourds to enhance their invocatory circle and line dances. The "deans" of the African American literary/cultural enterprise am here - all two of them - as male "stars" privileged in the invocatory position: Stuart Hall opens, ably followed by Cornel West. |
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