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Read these lines from “The Tropics in New York.”Bananas ripe and green, and ginger root,Cocoa in pods and alligator pearsHow do these lines affect the poem?Read the poem.The Tropics in New York by Claude McKayBananas ripe and green, and ginger root,Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,Set in the window, bringing memoriesof fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,And dewy dawns, and mystical skiesIn benediction over nun-like hills.My eyes grow dim, and I could no more gaze;A wave of longing through my body swept,And, hungry for the old, familiar ways,I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

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