Songs for the People

Close Read Passage, 162 words, Poetry (fiction), Level Z (Grade 5), Lexile 1020L

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a Black journalist, poet, and teacher in the 1800s. In this poem, she explores the purpose of her poetry and the difference she hopes it will make in readers' lives.

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