The Harlem Renaissance was given its name by the cultural, social, and artistic that took place in Harlem during 1920s and 1930s. The Harlem Renaissance was the culture period for African Americans, most of them were writers, poets, artist, musicians, photographers and scholars. Many of African American came from the south to Harlem where they can freely express their talents. Many African Americans recognized during the Harlem Renaissance were Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, as well as Arna Bontemps and etc. Arna Bontemps work had a big impact on the African American community, expressing their emotions from the beginning of slavery to their freedom.
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The poem expresses the difference between white men and black men, in the second stanza he talks about how God gave “blue eyed men their swivel chairs, to whirl in tall buildings” (Bontemps) . In the next lines he talks about black men and how God gave them “fill afresh his need of laughter, his cup of tears” (Bontemps) in this he express his anger and bitterness. Bontemps third stanza talks about god neglecting blacks, saying that god mocks blacks rather than rewarding them for the things blacks have done. He finishes his poem saying that god set African American up to suffer because of the color of their skin. Bontemps anger against god for giving whites a better life than African American was widely expressed in his …show more content…
African Americans only had little power during slavery, this continue though segregation. His last line in the poem says: “but there will be less to say”, (Bontemps) meaning that African Americans had little power when granted freedom from slavery. African Americans could not do anything because of the little power they had. Even though after African Americans where granted freedom from slavery, they had little power because of segregation after slavery which was the beginning of the Jim Crow law. His poem symbolize the hardship African Americans had to go through before and after their freedom. The poem is telling people to remember what is important even if it is something little. The poems also says when people forget things there would be less to say. It would be less to say because people have forgotten the important
Among those who was recognized for their work was Arna Bontemps, Arna …show more content…
The poem expresses the difference between white men and black men, in the second stanza he talks about how God gave “blue eyed men their swivel chairs, to whirl in tall buildings” (Bontemps) . In the next lines he talks about black men and how God gave them “fill afresh his need of laughter, his cup of tears” (Bontemps) in this he express his anger and bitterness. Bontemps third stanza talks about god neglecting blacks, saying that god mocks blacks rather than rewarding them for the things blacks have done. He finishes his poem saying that god set African American up to suffer because of the color of their skin. Bontemps anger against god for giving whites a better life than African American was widely expressed in his …show more content…
African Americans only had little power during slavery, this continue though segregation. His last line in the poem says: “but there will be less to say”, (Bontemps) meaning that African Americans had little power when granted freedom from slavery. African Americans could not do anything because of the little power they had. Even though after African Americans where granted freedom from slavery, they had little power because of segregation after slavery which was the beginning of the Jim Crow law. His poem symbolize the hardship African Americans had to go through before and after their freedom. The poem is telling people to remember what is important even if it is something little. The poems also says when people forget things there would be less to say. It would be less to say because people have forgotten the important