While Sam is fixing Katherine's window, Katherine reads Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee to her daughter. Sam recites part of the poem while Katherine is reading.
In this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven," Homer is the protagonist, Bart is the raven, Lisa and Maggie are seraphim, and Marge appears briefly as a painting of Lenore.
Mr. Tolson recites "I, Too" from Langston Hughes and a poem from Gwendolyn Bennett to set the scene for introducing new voices of a revolution in Harlem.