"The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" by Langston Hughes are two poems written as scenes of urban life. Although these poems were written more than seventy years ago‚ it is surprising to see some general similarities they share with modern day city life. Dilluted down with word play and irrelevant lines such as "And the gods are laughing at us."‚ the underlying theme is evidently urban life. "The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" approach the general topic of urban life from two
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What kind of character would you be in Pilgrims Progress and how would you help or hinder Christian on his journey to the Celestial City. I believe my character in Pilgrims Progress would be Reason. Reason would help Christian by convincing Christian to not wander off the path of the Celestial City and would hinder him by questioning whether it exist. When Christian set forth on his journey to the Celestial City‚ he confronted many trials‚ which endeavored to stray him off his path. Reason is a
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and Langston Hughes “The Weary Blue” are two remarkable poems about the connection they encounter with music. Lawrence and Hughes both use music to remind them of moments in life when music impacted them most. While both poems have similarities they also have vast differences. The poems “Piano” and “The Weary Blue” both use music as a theme‚ but the poets tone is what makes the poems different. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Langston Hughes “The Weary Blue” and D.H. Lawrence
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Zakary Houtrides Professor Snowberger English Composition 2 15 May 2013 Literary Technique Poem Analysis The imagery in Langston Hughes’ poem “The Weary Blues” explains the theme of dejection and the relief that music can bring. In the first line the words droning and drowsy appear‚ immediately reflecting the tone of tiredness first stated in the poem’s title. These two words‚ droning and drowsy‚ describe the blues‚ the type of music the narrator is hearing. Hughes’ imagery is further reinforced
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Modern Pilgrim: Politician The Politician wears his navy blue blazer‚ pleated pants‚ and red tie on all occasions. Though he may not looking or feeling the best‚ his personal team of makeup artists are there to help him at his time of need. Through age‚ his hair has turned as white as stripes on the American flag. However‚ for him to get his position it took more than having good makeup‚ white hair‚ and a nice suit. Being brought up in a wealthy family of lawyers‚ he was almost bred to be a politician
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discuss. Although I really enjoyed poetic memoir in Surrendering by Ocean Vuong and the story of family development in Cisneros’ Ghosts and Voices‚ I found my responses to the other three readings were more important to discuss. In Alibis’ A Literary Pilgrim Progresses to the Past‚ I found that as someone who has continually tried their hand at writing‚ I really connected to this reading. I completely understand that it’s very difficult to discover what distinguishes you from others. Sometimes even when
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In Delany’s article "Pilgrim at Topanga Creek”‚ Boyle makes a social commentary about possible causes and solutions for the immigration problem through further development of coyotes as a symbol for immigrants. This is my favorite example because it ties so many different aspects of the novel together with the metaphor. On the surface‚ Delany describes coyotes in his article as “our cleverest and most resourceful large predator” (p.211). He claims that they are able to take advantage of the resources
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SlaughterHouse-Five is a book about a man named Billy Pilgrim who is stuck in time‚ and constantly travels throughout different events in his life. Billy accepts different values and sees traumatic and morbid events differently than others. Billy accepts a way of life that is not perceivable to other humans. Many would argue that Billy’s experiences make him insane‚ but Billy’s experiences with the Tralfamadorians actually allows him to preserve his sanity‚ and stay a very intelligent man. Many
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As you read through each piece‚ you notice how they exalt God. They extol him to be this great‚ perfect God! The pilgrims tended to value their faith. I say value‚ because in the introduction of the unit‚ we learn about the Pilgrims and how they left their home not only because they were being persecuted for their faith‚ but they also left so that they could freely worship their God in the way they felt was necessary. An example of how the Puritans adulated their God‚ can be found in “Of Plymouth
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architects had to construct churches big enough for the abundance of pilgrims. (Adams‚ 382) These churches also had to accommodate the community of monks‚ whose numbers were probably still on the increase‚ to assemble for the divine office seven times per day. (Bultez‚ D.) Sainte-Foy is one of the earliest surviving examples of a Romanesque style pilgrimage church. That is‚ a church designed specifically to accommodate visiting pilgrims. (Peterson). It is basically an expansion of the Early Christian
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