Langston Hughes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a foundation and blueprint for Hughes later works of poetry that involve political meanings of equality not only in the physical sense but also in terms of intelligence. This foundation will grow with Hughes later works as his final pieces of poetry capitalize on how Hughes writings schematically are a collaboration of all the art forms presented in the Harlem Renaissance movement, an allusion to the lengthier lines of Walt Whitman and the collective works of Carl Sandburg, two of the most influential poets to Hughes in his life and his original Blue’s rhythmic free verse approach that encompasses his poetry’s smooth feel and dictated pace. So by taking a closer examination at "The Negro Speaks
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The anaphora in this poem is the repetition of the word "I" and the words "I 've known." This repetition is used to deliver a sense of fact. Hughes also adopts the use of a narrative in his poem as well as the ingenious use of setting, a set of skills he was influenced by the works of Carl Sandburg, one of his literary role models. His longer line length in free verse exactly mirrors that of Whiteman 's works, especially that of the "Song of Myself," as wells as adapting this sense of incorporating the blues musical lyrical flow to that of the flow in his poetry. In his use of setting Hughes intelligently chooses four distinct rivers that not only serve as another distinct use of repetition but each river holds a specific image. The journey of the Mississippi River to New Orleans introduces the bleak, degrading quality of black living since New Orleans was home to the nation’s largest slave market. The Nile River is located in Egypt, home of one of the great wonders of the world, an architectural achievement, and the pyramids. The Congo River, the deepest river in the world which facts play in parallel to Hughes repetition of the phrase "my soul has grown deep like the rivers." Such a massive and powerful river it played as the life source for an abundant of African Kingdoms. And finally the Euphrates River, which
The anaphora in this poem is the repetition of the word "I" and the words "I 've known." This repetition is used to deliver a sense of fact. Hughes also adopts the use of a narrative in his poem as well as the ingenious use of setting, a set of skills he was influenced by the works of Carl Sandburg, one of his literary role models. His longer line length in free verse exactly mirrors that of Whiteman 's works, especially that of the "Song of Myself," as wells as adapting this sense of incorporating the blues musical lyrical flow to that of the flow in his poetry. In his use of setting Hughes intelligently chooses four distinct rivers that not only serve as another distinct use of repetition but each river holds a specific image. The journey of the Mississippi River to New Orleans introduces the bleak, degrading quality of black living since New Orleans was home to the nation’s largest slave market. The Nile River is located in Egypt, home of one of the great wonders of the world, an architectural achievement, and the pyramids. The Congo River, the deepest river in the world which facts play in parallel to Hughes repetition of the phrase "my soul has grown deep like the rivers." Such a massive and powerful river it played as the life source for an abundant of African Kingdoms. And finally the Euphrates River, which