"Pike" by Ted Hughes Envisage the Yin and Yang emblem. The idea behind it is that there is no such thing as purity. You can’t have pure evil – there is an element in all things of some good‚ however small. Similarly‚ you can’t have pure goodness – there is an element in all things good that is itself bad. We see the idea in great poems like Chinua Achebe’s “Vultures” and in our day to day actions as member of a fickle and capricious human race. This is the idea of Pike. It is attempting to
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Emily Wang Hill English 11H Period 4 27 January 2015 Poems by Langston Hughes I Dream a World 1. Main idea of the poem? The main intentions of the poem are presenting a world where blacks are equal to whites. Langston Hughes wants a world that is fair‚ without the discriminations or segregations by society’s norms. 2. Tone? The tone of the poem is filled with hope but also skepticism. The poem rhymes and is very easy to read. The rhymes give off a very light feel throughout the lines
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Most people have expectations of how something is going to turn out. When things do not turn out the way‚ we want them to turn out; the feeling of disappointment takes over. That is a coincidence when I read "Salvation" written by Langston Hughes because I run into my feeling five years ago‚ not in the same situation with him‚ but not so many differences to be his partner. "Salvation" is a short story‚ but inside it is a long anxiety and unforgettable experience for the boy. Only he knows what he
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At the beginning of the poem‚ Hughes lists all the people that were struggling and being oppressed at the time the poem was written. He points out the poor‚ the blacks that still bare the scares of slavery‚ the red man driven from his home‚ and the immigrant clutching to hope. He reconciles them with the opening plea by saying‚ “America will be!” This is saying that they still had hope. Hughes probably had different responses to his poem back in 1938. Poor blacks would have agreed and sympathized
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hide one’s true self‚ as seen in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation.” Based on a true experience‚ Hughes exposes how he lost faith in religion as he witnessed his church’s “big revival.” The motif in this piece portrays how children conform to the societal whims rather than expressing their personal beliefs. During the revival‚ the children of the congregation‚ such as Hughes‚ were pressured into going to the church’s stage to become saved. Throughout the piece‚ Hughes constantly claims he is “waiting for Jesus”
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This is a poem by Langston Hughes. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in February 1‚1902 by parents of mixed race; he attended Columbia University but was later kicked out because of racial prejudice. He left that his passion was not in school but in the neighborhood. He did random jobs until he became a “new negro poet”‚ Hughes was important in the Harlem Renaissance for his fight for African American equality. White supremacy was spreading widely in the country; people of mixed race were highly
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Wind - Ted Hughes Setting: A house and the surrounding landscape exposed to a violent storm Main Figure: The wind itself which represents the forces of nature Theme: Man’s helplessness as opposed to the power of nature Tone: Potent‚ Vigorous Structure: ’Wind’ is written in six‚ four line stanzas characterised by enjambment. Enjambment is when sentences‚ in poems run over the end of one line and into the next one(s). In ’Wind’ lines spill into each other and the end of one stanza runs
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poetry‚ helps readers portray the idea and vision presented by the author. Two works in particular that contained these characteristics of literature were that of "The Weary Blues" and "Theme for English B" which were written by the great Langston Hughes. What makes these poems so intriguing though is the way the setting‚ theme‚ and speaker create distinct images for the people who read these poems. The setting helps describe the situation of the poem with regards to the time of day‚ the season of
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Langston Hughes’ parents were both mostly black. However‚ it was discovered that his grandfather was part Cherokee and French. Hughes’ father was devastated by this new found discovery and was ashamed of who he was. Langston‚ on the other hand‚ embraced his new found race and culture. Hughes’ experience with dealing with his father and how he never fit in with a certain race can be seen in the poem “Mulatto.” Struggling with not fitting it can be seen when Hughes writes‚ “To little yellow
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Langston Hughes “Salvation”. “Salvation” is taking from the first of these ‚ The Big Sea ( 1940 )‚ and written by Langston Hughes who was a brilliant author‚ poet who wrote fiction‚ history‚ autobiography‚ and he worked at various times as a journalist. You can clearly see in “Salvation” was taking time at South – country side. From the Title “Salvation” you can have a guess and you will be right if you were thinking about church‚ God and so on. - But not really saved? - To bring the young
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