Read the excerpt from "Blues on a Box” by Langston Hughes.Play your guitar, boy, Till yesterday’s Black catRuns out tomorrow’sBack door

The speaker urges the boy to keep playing the guitar until the black cat of “yesterday” runs out the back door. A black cat is often associated with bad luck, so the image suggests that music can chase misfortune away. The best answer is “The speaker believes that music can get rid of misfortune.”

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