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It drops as drops the night on southern seas--vast, sudden, unanswering.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “It drops as drops the night on southern seas--vast, sudden, unanswering.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois uses a metaphor to describe the sudden onset of night, evoking a sense of mystery and inevitability.
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