Richards Bizot’s book closely analyzes the content of the original poem “Harlem”. The Author carefully examines Langston Hughes life in the 1920’s. A period in America where there were many frustrated dreams of “African Americans” (Bizot p3). He explains that the poem is a natural reaction of the many changes colored Americans felt shortly after World War II. Therefore he relates each line in the poem with a natural pattern in American behavior. Bizot points out a question in the poem: ‘“Or does it explode?”’, making the reader aware that this particular question was erupted when violence overcame the American cities. Therefore, he stated that this had “been prophetic” (Bizot p10). The author concludes by suggesting that in “Harlem”
