Who is Langston Hughes? Well, Langston Hughes as we know started the Harlem Renaissance, but some only know him for that and not for his poetry, nor his plays, or books. However, Hughes was an extraordinary poet with works like “Dream Deferred”, “Harlem”, and “The Negro Mother and other Dramatic Recitations”. Furthermore, his poem “Trumpet Player” is a very personal piece of work for Hughes because it tells of the struggles of race. Hughes struggled with race just as other blacks did also, but Hughes turned his emotions into inspiration when he wrote about his difficulties. “Trumpet Player” is a poem that everyone should read, it shows the reality of what living black in America was like nearly fifty years ago.
However, this poem in particular did not display the use of rhyme scheme that often, but instead Hughes replaced rhyme scheme with the use of emotional words such as weariness and soul. Majority of this poem uses enjambment with the exception of “in his eyes,” (28) and “has a fine one button-roll” (36). On the other hand, there are …show more content…
The tone of lines nine through sixteen are sentimental. For instance, the poem is a narrative, and the fact that the poet chose to write about racial segregation suggests that racial tensions were only getting worse as the years went on. Although the idea of […] “a head full of vibrant hair” (11) might seem personified, the speaker also says the hair was “tamed down” (12). “Tamed down” hair alludes that it was very sleek- neatly put together, but also the fact it was straightened. A hyphen is placed after the words “like jet-” (15), this symbolizes the speaker’s surge of emotions because hair that was historically curly and kinky is now straight. Furthermore, the speaker has indicated that change is already happening, and the idea of a new perspective is finally
However, this poem in particular did not display the use of rhyme scheme that often, but instead Hughes replaced rhyme scheme with the use of emotional words such as weariness and soul. Majority of this poem uses enjambment with the exception of “in his eyes,” (28) and “has a fine one button-roll” (36). On the other hand, there are …show more content…
The tone of lines nine through sixteen are sentimental. For instance, the poem is a narrative, and the fact that the poet chose to write about racial segregation suggests that racial tensions were only getting worse as the years went on. Although the idea of […] “a head full of vibrant hair” (11) might seem personified, the speaker also says the hair was “tamed down” (12). “Tamed down” hair alludes that it was very sleek- neatly put together, but also the fact it was straightened. A hyphen is placed after the words “like jet-” (15), this symbolizes the speaker’s surge of emotions because hair that was historically curly and kinky is now straight. Furthermore, the speaker has indicated that change is already happening, and the idea of a new perspective is finally