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Critical Analysis of Mother to Son: This poem is a symbol of the struggle which the Negro Race had to endure throughout their time in America. From being taken from their native homes in Africa to the oppressive shallow fields of America, the race of black people have struggled and are still struggling till the date.… Continue reading Critical Analysis of Mother to Son by Langston Hughes: 2022
About the Poet: James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902- 1967) commonly known as Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was born in Joplin, Missouri. He was of African-American origin, his mother, Caroline Mercer Langston, was a school teacher and his father, James Nathaniel Hughes. He was a pioneer of the,… Continue reading Mother to Son by Langston Hughes as an Autobiographical Poem: 2022
Critical Analysis of Oppression: Hughes is well aware of how the African American community was treated by the white majority population at the beginning of the 20th century, for he lived at the heart of the community in Harlem. This poem is thus Hughes’s way of telling his fellow African Americans not to lose hope,… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Oppression: 2022
About Langston Hughes: James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in the year 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He went on to become a poet, social activist, novelist and playwright. He started writing short stories and poems while in high school. He is known for ‘jazz poetry’ and is considered one of its earliest innovators. He is… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes: 2022
The internal conflict of a person born to black-white parents is portrayed through the lines of the poem. It has a dominant trait of autobiographical elements from Hughes’ life. The racial tensions between the black and white communities in the 1920s and the ethnic conflict in the lives of African-American individuals form the backdrop of… Continue reading Cross: Summary and Analysis: 2022
Langston Hughes- One of the major literary figures emerging during the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was an American poet born on February 1, 1902. Almost all of Hughes’s works are reflective of the true culture of black people, their sufferings, achievements, their fondness for all aspects of life including music, food, language etc. The Weary Blues- “The… Continue reading The Weary Blues Summary and Analysis by Langston Hughes: 2022
