The speaker takes on an airy, dispassionate third-person omniscent perspective. The Free verse with irregular meter and rhyme scheme.
The Question and Answer section for The Bean Eaters is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The speaker takes on an airy, dispassionate third-person omniscent perspective. The Free verse with irregular meter and rhyme scheme.
The imagery reinforces imagery filled with nostalgia warmth. "The Bean Eaters" is a poem describing the simple, frugal ritual of eating beans as enacted by an aging Black couple in the 1960s. The first stanza establishes the ritual—"They eat beans...
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