Strange Fruit Ap Language

In the middle of a town, There’s is a tree splattered red and from a rope attached to a branch hangs a rotting corpse covered in grime and gore. This is the image Billie Holiday puts into the mind of the listener during her song Strange Fruit. Strange fruit was written as a poem by a school teacher, Abel Meeropol, and was recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. During the song strong imagery effectively appealing to the listener’s emotions and their ethics as a person. Billie Holiday effectively paints a vivid picture of a lynched African American surrounded by a setting that was relatively pleasant through her use of pathos and appeals to ethos.
Strange fruit is a Grammy Hall of Fame song written as a poem by school teacher Abel Meeropol, but made famous by Billie Holiday in 1939. It is regarded by some as the first civil rights protest song, as a matter of fact Leonard Feather, the jazz pianist, called "Strange Fruit" "the first significant protest in words and music, the first unmuted cry against racism." Strange fruit was the song that brought the cruelty of lynching’s to the attention of people who had not noticed, even now it is one song used by television when referring to the cruelty pre civil rights. An example would be the episode of the popular show Criminal Minds where the song was used at …show more content…
Lyrics such as” Pastoral scene of the gallant south” paint a picture of a peaceful somewhat noble setting. This provides the listeners emotions to remain neutral before causing them to immediately fall with the line “The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth”. There instantaneously the way our we go from neutral to disgust finally ending up on sadness once we realize what is going on win these lyrics. The lyrics following this repeat the function with the lyrics “Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh” followed by “Then the sudden smell of burnin'