Aunt Sue's Stories Summary

The poem begins with a description of Aunt Sue telling stories to a child on a summer night. She cuddles the child to her bosom on the front porch in an unnamed setting while the child listens. The second stanza unveils a description of what the child envisions when listening to Aunt Sue’s vivid tales. The child deems the depictions of slavery and Aunt Sue’s past as authentic on account of Aunt Sue’s tragic and nostalgic tone. The child then affirms that Aunt Sue’s stories are derived from her own life, and the poem ends with the image of the child listening to Aunt Sue through the night.