“Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes is a ballad poem that is written in an A-B-C-B form.. In, the poem, Langston Hughes talks about how he was thinking about committing suicide , but ended up backing out. He wants to commit suicide, but doesn’t.
Langston Hughes uses situational irony to show us that he thinks about killing himself, but ends up not killing himself. He says in the poem “But it was cold in the water”, which shows us that he changes his mind about killing himself. He doesn’t want to commit suicide, but thinks about it. Sometimes, we have more important things to think about than ourselves. Langston Hughes also uses verbal irony to say he’s going to kill himself, but doesn’t. Hughes says “If that water hadn’t a been so
Langston Hughes uses situational irony to show us that he thinks about killing himself, but ends up not killing himself. He says in the poem “But it was cold in the water”, which shows us that he changes his mind about killing himself. He doesn’t want to commit suicide, but thinks about it. Sometimes, we have more important things to think about than ourselves. Langston Hughes also uses verbal irony to say he’s going to kill himself, but doesn’t. Hughes says “If that water hadn’t a been so