American poets

Melville’s career is that his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, which is now considered one of the greatest American novels, was almost wholly ignored during the time of its author. Although he might have thought of himself as a complete failure, he came to be one of the greatest American writers. During the American Renaissance period, Melville came to be a great American novelist, short story writer, and poet. While traveling on the remote and stranded sea, Melville writes his firsthand experiences…

Compare and contrast the way the poets explore the theme of discrimination in ‘Disabled’ and ‘Still I Rise’. Both poets portray the theme of discrimination expressing their memories about key moments in their lives. Owen faced World War 1 at a young age and saw enough pain and suffering for more than a lifetime. On the other hand, he still gained experience from this and shared the loneliness of discrimination with other people. Angelou, however was abused at a very young age which saw her…

Rights era but also the famous works of poet and writer: Langston Hughes. Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” displays some of the same themes from the play A Raisin in the Sun and closely relates to some of the characters. Specifically, in the play we are introduce to a humorous character called Mama. She lives with her son, daughter in law, daughter, and grandson. Mama…

they were going through. Langston Hughes, who was born in 1901, wrote to try and help influence America into integration and equal rights. A poet who came a little after Hughes but was just as effective was Maya Angelou. She too wrote words of wisdom about the trying times of segregation in America. Both of these poets/writers showed how African-Americans were treated like aliens.…

Laurence Dunbar “Sympathy” is an glorious gateway toward a man’s mind during the time of the oppressed. Where they were free, but not free at the same time. Whether he was a literary writer, poet, or an activist, his poems spoke out against the tyrannizing race and brought hope to the intimidated.As an African American in the late 1800’s Dunbar faced many obstacles, starting with racisim. He was forced into many jobs that gave him time to work on his poems. His hardships gave him a lot of…

about segregation and the hardships of the African-American society waiting for their equality in America. It’s upsetting to LeRoi how often the African Americans needs are pushed aside constantly. He questions why are we waiting. At the time this poem was written America was under the “separate but equal” doctrine that allowed states to enforce segregation while giving the whites and blacks “equal opportunity” when in reality the African American society was not one with the whites. The poem is…

Maya Angelou has sowed the right seed for women liberation in America through her versatile poems, plays and songs. She is a multi-faceted genius. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She has carved her imprints in Hollywood and she is the first black woman director of Hollywood. She has written, produced, directed, and starred for stage, film, and television. In 1971, she wrote a…

Violence June Jordan came of age as a poet in the black arts era when the voices of female writers were biginning to be heard. Raised in the ghettos of Harlem, her work reflects her many different identities. “I am black and I am female and I am a mother and I am a bisexual and I am a nationalist and I am an antinationalist. And I mean to be full and freely all that I am.” She used her poetry for awareness of women, the poor, as well as African Americans. Her writing, Poem about Police…

oppressors and supporters of the African-American struggle to attain equal rights. Natural rights, a common Christian philosophy, deemed all people as created equally under one God. However, many, unwilling to forsake their own divisive ideology, contradictingly disagreed. In contrast, supporters believed the same God created all people, black and white, in the same image. They identified with Jesus, as he represented the least among society. The black poet Gwendolyn Brooks did not believe in…

Between 1860 and 1930, African Americans experienced continuous segregation and hatred from the Whites; in spite of this, as the African Americans migrated from the South to the North, they began to rapidly advance in not only cultural arts, but also in education. Before the dawning of the African Americans’ historical movement, they were forced to endure the adversities of slavery. Despite their lack of individualism and say, they continuously strived to prosper in their discriminative…