His poems expressed the impatience of African Americans to become treated equally. In his poem entitled "America", he speaks of the contradictory lifestyle that Americans lived. ... He became very famous for his poem "I Too", which also spoke of the same inconsistencies. ... A famous poem that he wrote on the struggles of black people was entitled "From the Dark Tower". I believe in this poem he discusses the inequality of blacks period, not only in America. ...

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., when he accidentally left three of his poems next to the plate of Vachel Lindsay, an American poet. ... Hughes was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance because he was one of the most talented and famous black writers in his time. ... Many African-Americans got famous during this time and more people in the United States and the world got to see another side of African- Americans which had never been seen before. ... He wrote numerous protest poems in which he used irony to get his points across to the reader. ... Hughes was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance becaus...

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Langston Hughes a famous writer and poet, presented ideas in his works that helped to define his perception of the American dream. ... (The collected poems) His father was James Nathaniel Hughes, a man who studied law but was unable to take the examination for the bar because he was black. ... It was in Lincoln that Hughes wrote his first poem after being elected class poet by his fellow classmates. ... His first published poem was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". This was also one of his most famous poems. ...

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One of her brilliant and arguably her most powerful poems was that entitled "White things". In this poem she expresses that the world is made up of colors such as the earth, sky, and sea. ... One of her most famous poems was "the black finger". in this poem she expresses that African Americans are beautiful people. ... His poem "if we must die" was published in 1919 and was one of the very first poems initiating the tone, subject, and matter of the literary movement. As the poem suggests, believed that it was the poets duty to politically inform the people. ...

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Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was famous for his poetry, which helped to fuel the civil rights movement. ... His poems "I, Too" and "Dinner Guest: Me" talk of how he and his people are this spirit. Hughes Black American roots and his sense of racial equality was what fueled most, if not all, of his poems. ... His poems tend to be about social injustice save but a few. ... His poems inspired a great deal of people and his poetry is still a big influence in modern day society....

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The poem is composed of three couplets. ... (Selected Poems 125) In this poem Hughes is truthfully voicing his thoughts and opinions with a humorous twist. ... Interwoven into the poem are bits of famous speeches and documents that are utmost importance to an African American person. ... When you read "Freedom's Plow", it's almost as if you can hear America's founding father's reciting these famous lines. In this poem, Hughes dream is becoming a more of a reality. ...

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Many people can remember song lyrics rather than trying to remember the lines of a famous poem. ... Hughes" rhymes point to the idea of how associated poems and music are. ... In contrast, Ann Cragg's poem, "Musings on Music", does not make the same case as Hughes. Cragg discusses in her poem the love that people have for music in general. ... Hughes shows his interest for blues in his poem by making it appear like a blues song. ...

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"I Too" is a famous poem of Langston Hughes, which is very short and to the point. ... One could easily relate the speaker of this poem to Langston Hughes himself. ... Identity made this poem successful. ... This experience lit a flame and motivated Hughes to write this poem. The identity of the speaker was a strong enough theme to make this poem famous. ...

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Continuing to write poetry, his first published poem was also one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." ... Since the time when he wrote the poem blacks were still segregated, it is about segregation. The poem is about a dream that he saw a million black faces, such as his own. ... In the poem Parade, Hughes writes about how there is a parade going to happen involving black people. ... Hughes writes some good poems, but parts of them do not make sense in my mind. ...

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This is a figurative idea, meaning that they will be ashamed they made him eat in the kitchen when he becomes famous and well-liked by others, or that he too is just like them, an American. ... The poem describes that he has battled many things to become who he is. ... This poem relates to the poem "I, Too" just without human interaction. The difference between the two poems is "I, Too" focuses on a specific conflict, whereas this poem is broad in its meaning of conflict and it can be depicted in a few different ways. ... The poems and stories he wrote are easily understoo...

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Many famous people began their writing and gained recognition during that time. ... Many of his poems are children's poems. ... He did not only write poetry, but that is what made him famous. ... This is a positive poem. ... In his poem "I, Too sing America" one of his most powerful and best-known poems, Hughes talked about the racial issues in America. ...

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His first famous poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", which was published in 1921, Hughes poetry contributed to the development of a cultural movement known as "The Harlem Renaissance", characterized by black pride and the desire to see African Americans attain self realization. ... The opening line to the poem is the most important, because it sets the direction of the poem itself. ... As the poem progresses the development of the comparison becomes more intense. He ends the poem with "Or does it just explode?"... "I tried to write poems like the song they sang on Seventh Street (these ...

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Langston Hughes is one of most famous writers of the Harlem Renaissance. ... "Mother to Son" is one of his earliest poems; he is only 21 when he creates this beautiful tribute to his ancestry. ... The poem places the reader in the position of the son, listening to his mother draw lessons from her life that can be applied to his own. ... The title of the poem sets the stage of a mother getting ready to give her son advice. ... This is the principal statement of the poem and introduces the metaphor. ...

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His first poem was about his eight teachers and his class. This was the longest poem he has ever written. ... At his high school, he wrote poems for their newspaper the Belfry Owl. Langston tried to write his poems like Carl Sandburg. ... He became and is still recognized as a famous American Poet. ...

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Six months after his first poem appeared in the juvenile organ of the NAACP, he placed "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in its official journal the Crisis. ... The few poems that he published at this time were frequently a reflection of his travels. ... "The Weary Blues" was Hughes first and maybe most famous piece which benefited form his use of the blues and spirituals. ... The best poems in The Weary Blues group themselves around the themes of pride and protest. ... The poems of pride, such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "My People," "I, Too," and "Mother to Son," are as moving today as when ...

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They would recite their poems in the form of straight reading or they would be sung in the form jazz. ... A famous Jamaican poet, Claude McKay wrote of the black ghettos in the 20's and expressed the lack of acceptance in America. ... The most famous of those was Langston Hughes. ...

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Hughes began writing in high school, and even at this early age was developing the voice that made him famous. ... On his way to Mexico on the train, while thinking about his past and his future, Hughes wrote the famous poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." ... The character became famous and later figured in many of Hughes's short stories. ...

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Langston Hughes, a famous black author, was a victim of this austere rancor. ... She taught him about famous black people in society in the early 1900's. ... Hughes wrote novels, stories, poems, and plays about Negro life. ... In each story, play, or poem Langston Hughes wrote there is a lesson to be learned, and a flaw to be fixed. ...

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There was a famous renaissance in Europe during the transition from medieval times to modern times that is still taught today. ... With this medal, he joined the ranks of famous African-Americans who spoke out or showed that racism was wrong such as Dr. ...

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She explains that Paris was a city "which they felt would provide creative stimuli due both the cities' intrinsic characters and to their famous residents" (72). ... Green spoke highly of Hughes' ability to write a poem like "I've Known Rivers" in as little time as fifteen minutes and discusses the themes and structures of many of his poems. ...

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After the fire, the editorial staff decided not to work on an other edition and all of the famous writer and painter went their own way. ... And this is the way I look at the poems and short stories like Langston Hughes or Zara Neal Hurston wrote. ... But there is no clear evidence that the Harlem Renaissance started exactly at this time because there are scholars who see a poem by W.E.B. ... And I think the creativity of writing a poem, story or musical comes exactly from this state of mind. ... Another point we should consider is the fact that there were not only black writers in Harlem, Car...

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