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. ...

• Word Count: 1522
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5

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 ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1559
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School