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The poem "Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol uses vivid imagery and metaphor to depict the horrors of lynching in the Southern United States during the 1930s. It describes lynched black bodies hanging from trees, with blood on the leaves and smell of burning flesh. The extended metaphor of these bodies as "strange fruit" hanging from the trees serves to subtly convey the injustice faced by African Americans. While also presenting the violent scenes, the poem contrasts the beauty of Southern nature with this br
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