# Sorrow Singers explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

## What happens

The chapter reflects on sorrowful voices that echo through time, their faces lifted in tears as they sing of enduring pain.

## Themes in this chapter

### Suffering and Resilience

The sorrow singers' voices and tears evoke enduring suffering and resilience through time.

### The Passing of Time and Mortality

The 'corridor of years' imagery highlights the passage of time and the persistence of sorrow.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The narrator observes the sorrow singers, hearing their voices across the years.

## Key lines

> Hear their viol-voices ringing Down the corridor of years, As they lift their twilight faces Through a mist of falling tears!

Listen to their violin-like voices echoing through time, as they raise their dim faces amidst a haze of tears.

_The sorrow singers' voices and tears are central to the chapter's imagery._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_9_se/chapters/sorrow-singers
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