From 1882-1968 lynching was common in the southern area of America towards an African American citizen or a slave. In the poem “Strange Fruit” by Lewis Allan successfully describes senses, uses metaphors and similes to interpret the actions happening at the time. Each sentence starts out with a positive then leads to a negative giving the audience a twist. Lewis also uses imagery to to recreate an image in a reader’s mind. Each sentence has the context of nature and the environment describing humanity during that time. To begin with, the poet presents a violent image of pre civil war movements. This is done by imagery and emotive language.
