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  • Feb 15, 2012, 05:22 PM
    cassy_sassy
    "Images" song interpretation
    What does this poem mean?

    She does not know
    Her beauty,
    She thinks her brown body
    Has no glory.
    If she could dance
    Naked
    Under palm trees
    And see her image in the river,
    She would know.

    But there are no palm trees
    On the street,
    And dish water gives back no images.

    Editor's note:
    From the Album Let It All Out (1966)
    Written by Nina Simone, Waring Cuney in 1964
  • Feb 15, 2012, 06:12 PM
    Wondergirl
    It's very sad. Break it down --

    She does not know her beauty and thinks her brown body has no glory. (she does not realize how pretty she is),

    If she could dance naked under palm trees and see her image in the river, she would know. (she thinks if she lived in some exotic place, somewhere else, she would be prettier, an exotic beauty)

    But there are no palm trees on the street and dish water gives back no images. (but she lives in the 'hood and isn't an exotic creature and can't see a pretty face in the murky dish water, in the dreariness of her life)
  • Feb 15, 2012, 08:16 PM
    cassy_sassy
    Thank you that was so helpful

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