Rhyme Scheme Of Harlem By Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902. He died at the age of 55. Hughes was born & raised in Joplin, Missouri. Standing 5’4, Langston was a social activist, novelist, & a columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called Jazz Poetry. His poem “Harlem” was published in 1957.
The poem “Harlem” has 3 stanzas. There are no stanza patterns though. For example, in the first stanza there’s 7 lines, while in the second stanza there are 2 lines. Langston also used rhyme scheme in his poem.The rhyme scheme is A, B, C, B, D, E, D, A, B, & A. For example, in the first stanza line 2, it says “Like a raisin in the sun” & on the 4th line it says “And then run”. Hughes also used repetition in his poem. The word
“like” is repeated because it’s comparing things to other things.
This poem only uses one state of figurative language. It has three similes in all. For example, stanza 1 line 2 it says “Like a raisin in the sun”. Basically he’s saying will you forget about it. Like will it go away. Then stanza 1 line 5 it says “Does it stink like rotten meat”. There he’s saying basically once you try to put i of, will itn bother you. My poem is an allegory. The deeper meaning is what happens to a dream that you have to put off. Like basically does it bother you in the future ? Or will you just forget about it.
In addition, this poem is mostly about a dream he had to put ff on the side. This theme is sadness, this poet just let his dream go. He could have followed his dream and achieved it. For example, stanza 1 line one he said “ Maybe it just sags”. That kind of shows sadness.
In conclusion, I liked this poem a lot. It was well written and I can tell he put a lot of work in it even though it’s short. I couldn't really relate to it though. I’ve never had to throw one of my dreams away like he did.