What Is The Mood Of The Poem 'Strange Fruit'?

The poem “Strange Fruit” was written by Abel Meeropol not a southern black man, but instead a Jewish-American high school teachers. “Strange Fruit” was published in 1937. The poem conveys a message about the brutal past about racism around the 1900’s. The poem was inspired by a photograph that Meeropol had seen, the picture took place in a lynching, the victims were two innocent black men that were hanging from a tree, The picture haunted Meeropol for days. This poem was very chilling and terrifying. “Strange Fruit” describes the dark and twisted ways of the racist people in the 1900’s as it paints a mental picture of past events in the Southern U.S. The “Strange Fruit” in the poem are the black victims that had to be lynched, “Strange Fruit hanging from the poplar trees”(Meeropol 4). The author wrote this poem because he wanted to portray society's inability to cope with racial differences. The poem was morbid and made me feel sympathetic towards the victims.
The poem depicts the gruesome period in american history in which african americans were not treated like regular citizens in society. This poem contains a tense tone because of the descriptive imagery used, “The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,” (Meeropol 6). This quote recounts the insensitivity of white people and what they would do to black people. This poem relates to
For example “Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees ” (Meeropol 4) meaning the black slaves who were lynched by the whites and who hardly gained any acceptance in society, they were only hunted and expelled. Meeropol also uses juxtaposition, an example is “Sent of magnolias sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh!” (Meeropol 7,8). Magnolias, a beautiful scented flower the smell of a dead body, the two lines contrast. And lastly imagery, the whole poem is considered imagery but an example is “Black Body swinging in the Southern breeze” (Meeropol