The Best Poem In the World
The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes is a very passionate poem about a mother explaining to her child the story of her escaping slavery and becoming free. I choose this poem because though I cannot connect with it on a personal level, the theme to never give and always keep fighting no matter what the circumstance up is so inspirering and powerful. This poems beauty and intensity can also be applied to everyday life with the message it sends. As someone who normally does not like poetry I thought this poem was beautiful and really spoke to me. I really did enjoy reading it.
The Negro Mother has rhyme and meter and rhymes at every end of the line. This poem is written as a mother telling a message to her child or children and with the rhyme and meter the poem can be read as almost long a song or a song that a mother would sing to her child. Poets use rhyme and meter and make their poems catchier and draw a reader into them so they will be interested and want to continue reading. Also Rhyme and meter can be used to create effects in the poem, for example as i stated before the rhyming in this poem …show more content…
An example of symbolism in The Negro Woman is when the poet says was the seed of the coming free”(28). That can symbolize that the woman was the next generation, a generation better then hers with freedom. Another symbolism is when the poet writes “but march ever forward, breaking down bars” (45). The bars symbolize the barriers black people had and had to overcome to concur their dreams. Lastly another example of symbolism is “impel you forever up the great stairs” (48). The great stairs can symbolize the social ranking and how at the time African Americans were at the bottom but mother said that her dreams and prayers will make them be just as equal on the ranking scale as everyone else. Symbolism is what makes the theme the theme and adds proof to support
The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes is a very passionate poem about a mother explaining to her child the story of her escaping slavery and becoming free. I choose this poem because though I cannot connect with it on a personal level, the theme to never give and always keep fighting no matter what the circumstance up is so inspirering and powerful. This poems beauty and intensity can also be applied to everyday life with the message it sends. As someone who normally does not like poetry I thought this poem was beautiful and really spoke to me. I really did enjoy reading it.
The Negro Mother has rhyme and meter and rhymes at every end of the line. This poem is written as a mother telling a message to her child or children and with the rhyme and meter the poem can be read as almost long a song or a song that a mother would sing to her child. Poets use rhyme and meter and make their poems catchier and draw a reader into them so they will be interested and want to continue reading. Also Rhyme and meter can be used to create effects in the poem, for example as i stated before the rhyming in this poem …show more content…
An example of symbolism in The Negro Woman is when the poet says was the seed of the coming free”(28). That can symbolize that the woman was the next generation, a generation better then hers with freedom. Another symbolism is when the poet writes “but march ever forward, breaking down bars” (45). The bars symbolize the barriers black people had and had to overcome to concur their dreams. Lastly another example of symbolism is “impel you forever up the great stairs” (48). The great stairs can symbolize the social ranking and how at the time African Americans were at the bottom but mother said that her dreams and prayers will make them be just as equal on the ranking scale as everyone else. Symbolism is what makes the theme the theme and adds proof to support