Go+Down,+Death

 [|"Go Down, Death]" by [|James Weldon Johnson] Cesar     **__Introduction__ **  James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871 in [|Jacksonville, Florida]. James Weldon Johnson was a poet during the [|Harlem Renaissance] Time, Johnson wrote great poems such as The Color Sergeant , The Creation , The Temptress and [|Go Down, Death]  (the verses above are from the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255); font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Go Down,Death <span style="font-size: 121%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);">). James Weldon Johnson wrote Go Down, Death in 1926. The poem was included in a book that was published in 1930 it is called <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 132%; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);">[|God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);"> ( <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 132%; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);">[|James Weldon Johnson Wikipedia] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);">). <span style="font-size: 121%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);"> Johnson mainly wrote about [|slavery] and [|God]. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(50, 149, 245);">

== <span style="font-size: 140%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(36, 163, 10); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 77.44%; color: rgb(0, 89, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">**<span style="font-size: 160%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(36, 163, 10); text-align: left; display: block;">__Excerpt from "Go Down, Death"__ <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;"> ** <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 89, 255); text-align: left; display: block; font-size: 90%;">While we were watching round her bed, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 89, 255); text-align: left; display: block;"> She turned her eyes and looked away, She saw what we couldn't see; She saw Old Death.She saw Old Death Coming like a [|falling star.] But Death didn't frighten Sister Caroline; He looked to her like a welcome friend. And she whispered to us: I'm going home, And she smiled and closed her eyes. <span style="display: block; color: rgb(4, 236, 85); text-align: left;">media type="file" key="JAMESWELDON.mp3"

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">**<span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(36, 163, 10);">__Analysis__ ** <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);">This poem shows me that Death isn't something to fear. It shows me that Death is something people get when tiredness arrives and God sees the weariness and calls Death to put them to rest. God is perfect and knows when the time for people has come. God knows when to call Death to come down to earth and take us to his home to rest. It satisfies me to know that when Death is called upon me, I will be resting in the bosom of Jesus. It makes me feel secure. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; color: rgb(0, 121, 255);"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">__** Bibliography **__ "James Weldon Johnson." __Wikipedia__.12 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson>.

Johnson, James W. "Go Down, Death." __Old Poetry__. Social Design, Inc. 9 May 2009 <http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/57133-James-Weldon-Johnson-Go-Down-Death>.