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This poem analysis of ‘Ardella’ by Langston Hughes is divided into three parts –rhyme scheme, rhetorical devices, and deeper meaning. Rhyme Scheme: There is no identifiable rhyme scheme that Langston Hughes follows while writing this poem. It appears to be written in free verse. However, if we divide the poem into two units of three… Continue reading Ardella Analysis by Langston Hughes

This analysis of  ‘April Rain Song’ by Langston Hughes is divided into three parts –rhyme scheme, rhetorical devices, and deeper meaning. Rhyme Scheme: ‘April Rain Song’ seems to be the simplest of the poems written by Langston Hughes. One reason for its apparent simplicity is its rhyme scheme, or rather, its lack of any identifiable… Continue reading April Rain Song Analysis by Langston Hughes

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘April Rain Song’ by the African-American poet Langston Hughes. Hughes was one of the main figures behind the Harlem Renaissance. As the name suggests (‘Harlem’ being a predominantly African-American neighbourhood of New York City), this was a movement for self-assertion of the African-Americans so that mainstream American society… Continue reading April Rain Song Summary by Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) is one of the best-known exponents of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement shaped by African-Americans in the 1920s. The Harlem Renaissance increased community visibility, and aimed at greater acceptance of the rights of African-Americans, who till then had been treated as second class citizens by the dominant white, upper class, male… Continue reading Let America Be America Again Analysis by Langston Hughes

In this poem, Hughes says that America, which was supposed to stand for democracy and equality, no longer embodies such values. Parallely, a voice in the poem speaks in an aside saying that the American Dream was never a plausible reality for him. This, says Hughes, is the voice of all disenfranchised citizens of the… Continue reading Let America Be America Again Summary by Langston Hughes

‘In Time of Silver Rain’ was included in the 1947 collection of Langston Hughes’s poetry entitled Fields of Wonder. The word “wonder” in the title of this poetry collection is echoed in the last line of the first stanza of ‘In Time of Silver Rain’. The poem itself does not have a definite rhyme scheme.… Continue reading In Time of Silver Rain Analysis by Langston Hughes

‘In Time of Silver Rain’ is arguably one of the simplest poems ever written by Langston Hughes. Hughes (1902-1967) is an African-American poet whose poetic career spanned the period ranging between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is best known for two things – first, as a major exponent of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural… Continue reading In Time of Silver Rain Summary by Langston Hughes

‘I Dream a World’ is a typical Langston Hughes poem, with its mixed tone of hope and skepticism. This, however, is not detectable at first reading of the poem and will go unnoticed unless the poem is read through several times with an eye to a critical examination of each and every line in it.… Continue reading I Dream a World: Analysis

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was an African-American poet writing about the social situation of the African-American community living in cities and suburbs all across the United States between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is best-known as a major exponent of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement of the African-American community. This movement was aimed at… Continue reading I Dream a World Summary by Langston Hughes

The first stanza of Hughes’s ‘Dream Variations’ can be divided into two units of four lines each, and an additional ending line. Similarly, the second stanza of the poem can also be divided into two units of four lines each, but here the difference is that there is no additional ninth line. In both the… Continue reading Dream Variations Analysis by Langston Hughes