Political Poetry In When Sue Wears Red By Langston Hughes

Poetry 's impact throughout the generations has been a vent for many writers to speak out for the inequality issues the country has faced. From the early 19th to the 20th century political poetry has had its change of approach and style. Early writers like Langston Hughes used poetry as a way to show America the hardships and experiences non white cultures like African Americans faced in the country during the early to mid 1900 's like in his poem "I Too". Half a century later the worlds technology advancements keep growing and the media has become the center of our generations attention. Even with times changing political poets are still key figures speaking up for the injustices in America. Artist like J.Cole and other hiphop composers can be idolized as modern day political poets using the generations media to their advantage in voicing their opinion. With the writings of Mario Klarer "An Introduction to Literary Studies" I will analyze the poetic devices J.Cole uses in his songs that allow for him to be considered a political poet. Although the style of J.Cole is different from the more traditional political …show more content…
Raised mainly by his grandmother because the father lived outside the U.S and the mother would travel looking for employment his grandmother raised him with a quality for racial pride. Being a bright student and having a passion for reading and writing his first poem "When Sue Wears Red" was written while he was still in high school and is very well known to this day. It took a while before he wrote his first book of poetry but was quickly recognized. Langston Hughes was an influential role model during the Harlem renaissance a period of time in New York where artist, musicians and writers freely expressed their African American culture. His writings confronted African American stereotypes mainly of lower class and sought to unify African Americans by taking pride in their