Langston Hughes and Claude McKay were popular poets during the Harlem Renaissance period around 1919 to 1933. The two poets share similar viewpoints and poetic achievements making them alike but also different in many ways. The Poets literature flourished during the early twentieth century with much racial tension between blacks and whites. Their poetry expressed the emotions of blacks living in America in poems such as Hughes’s “I Too” and McKay’s “America.” “I Too” is about the separation of
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The fight for freedom was many black people’s dream about 40 years ago. They wanted the right to vote‚ and most importantly to be treated equal‚ just like the first amendment stated. Langston Hughes was a very inspirational writer and poet during the Renaissance period. His poem "Freedom Train" discussed the very important reasons for getting on the freedom train‚ and if they did jump aboard‚ were they really going to be free. The question of whether or not they would really be free arose in their
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You and Simple In a dark time for African Americans in the land of the free Langston Hughes shines a light on the struggle of keeping one ’s cultural identity when faced with oppression in the year of 1949. Readers of his article entitled‚ "Bop" are enthralled in a story where Hughes draws a parallel between what Bop music is and is not‚in the form of a dialogue between two African American men. Hughes draws his readers in with descriptive imagery with a first person perspective and stylises his
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"Harlem" Dried raisins‚ rotten meat‚ sags‚ and explodes! These are not very interesting descriptions‚ are they? "Harlem‚" (A.K.A. " A Dream Deferred‚") by Langston Hughes is a poem written about postponing or delaying a dream that you want to fulfill in your lifetime. Many people in the world today have put off their dreams for many different reasons‚ I know I sure had to. I always dreamt about graduating on time‚ not only for me but for my son aswell. I tried my hardest to balance between
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The poem “I‚ Too” written by Langston Hughes masterfully utilizes imagery in order to showcase the everyday racial prejudice that African Americans have faced in America. On page 130 of the Lenses Textbook broadly defines imagery as “the collections of images in a story‚ poem or play.” The imagery implemented by Langston Hughes in “I‚ Too” follows the traditional definition of imagery‚ in that it “depicts something visual” rather than evoking the basic five senses. “I‚ Too” contains powerful imagery
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“50-50” by Langston Hughes In the poem “50-50” by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is about a lonely woman seeking love. She might be a young woman who left her family in the South and moved North during the Great Migration for better opportunities‚ and that might be the reason why she feels she is all alone in this world. Or‚ she might be a widow or someone who has lost a partner‚ or boyfriend. She feels she is all alone because she has no man in her life. The monologue has a dual persona
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The speaker of the poem is by the author Langston Hughes himself. This is a lyric poem because it expresses Langston’s emotions towards the river. By identifying the speaker‚ it allows the reader to understand that the speaker is using the river as a metaphor for representing life. In this poem‚ the speaker and the author are the same. The subject of the poem is the slavery‚ and the emotions the speaker expressed is happiness and love because of civilization. In the poem‚ the poet used imagery
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‘’What happens to a dream deferred?’’ (1) seems to be not a very difficult question. However‚ this poem makes the reader to actually wonder and think about it. The author of the poem‚ Langston Hughes‚ also wonders by asking this question. Although‚ each person in this world has his own dream and some people even might have similar ones‚ not every single dream gets to be realized due to different circumstances‚ obstacles and environmental conditions‚ and therefore they remain unaccomplished. But what
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LORD‚ thoughts of peace and not of evil‚ to give you a future and a hope.” How reassuring is it to know that God gives us hope; it is something that he places in our body when creating us. Langston Hughes says it perfectly‚ “Hold fast to dreams‚ for if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird‚ that cannot fly.” Hughes shows dreams as something special in our minds that‚ if eradicated‚ we will not be able to survive. If we did eradicate
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“Habits of Mind” skill I readily use is persistence; I can be dogmatic in my approach to success. This skill comes from a successful military career. I do not use the word can’t it is not in my vocabulary. I spent thirty years in the military all over the world because of this I was unable to complete my college degree. However it was always a goal I knew I would accomplish. I am now here to complete my goal. Now in all honesty I must expound on what I need to develop out of the eight habits
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