Glenn Hughes

The poems “I, Too” by Langston Hughes and “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou have a large range of similarities. Both poems were written during a time that blacks were very harshly discriminated against, and many of them were fighting for their freedom. While both poems were written during the same time period, they also have the same main topic. By writing their poems to have an attended audience of America as a whole, these authors wanted people to understand how hard it was for the blacks. Also,…

In the poem “Harlem”, author Langston Hughes, utilizes literary devices, such as, the overall structure of the poem, and similes, that contain imagery, and particular word choices to represent the main message. The principle message of poem is that the delaying of dreams can lead to disastrous results. To begin, The free verse, and meter make up the structure of the poem. The poem consists of six questions, and very timid, declarative statement. The poem is able to grow based on the first line,…

Analysis of Roger in “Thank You Ma’m” Everyone in the world has someone to love or is loved by a person. Those people are most often family members. More specifically, mothers and fathers. Roger, a troubled teen in “Thank You Ma’m” written by Langston Hughes does not that that loving person, and without that guidance in his life he tries to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse, an innocent victim. However, things back fire for Roger and Mrs. Jones decides to bring him home and step in as a mother figure…

Irene Hunt was born on May 18, 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois to Franklin and Sarah Hunt. Her family moved to Newton, Illinois when Hunt was six weeks old. It was a town that is described in the novel Across Five Aprils. In 1914, Hunt’s father died and she was only seven. She lived with Hunt’s grandparent and she was a lonely girl. However, she had a close relationship with her grandfather who told her stories about his childhood during the Civil War. These stories helped her write books and they…

a place of expression of pride for the culture of the black. It included the culture that the artists, photographers, writers etc. spoke about their work implicitly. Two of the authors who were known during this time were Langston Hughes and Claude McKay. Langston Hughes’ work did an amazing work of the African culture. His poems include, ‘Black Maria’ and ‘Blues. The lines of the poem ‘Blues’ had a very strong impact on the racial discrimination that was found at that time in the south of…

“We Wear The Mask” and “Sympathy” are without a doubt two of the best written poems that a beleaguered poet, who struggled against the social norms of his time, would inevitably come up with. Though “Sympathy” and “We Wear The Mask” both speak of Dunbar’s regret for being imprisoned in his own situation, condemning the slavery of African Americans and the absence of opportunity for his own race, the two poems may also relate to how he felt confined in the literary standards of his era. Need…

StreetCar Named Desire is a realist play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. The play is set in New Orleans after the second world war. StreetCar Named desire can be interpreted in many different ways as it has several themes which are open ended. Some of the main themes in StreetCar Named Desire are the clash between the two world, New America vs. Old America, Conflict between Classes. Much of the story, characters were found in Williams’s drama was mined from the playwright’s own life.…

Emily Dickenson’s poem titled My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – is one of the many poetic works she created in her lifetime. The staple ambiguity of her poetry is ever present in this poem, which reflects the eccentric nature of Dickenson herself. This poem reflect the anger within her life and show how she is carried away by the male personified version of her anger and becomes an instrument of his. This poem offers an inside look into Dickenson’s psyche, as it show that she feels empowered by…

In Harlem around 1910 and 1930 over a million Black African Americans moved out of all south to northern cities to try to escape racism and discrimination. The movement was called the great migration everybody wanted to live as equal and not to be describe as a “black”. After moving out the south to northern cities, to leave racial pronouns and discrimination behind so blacks got smart suck as poets they created high art and folk art this way to prove to everybody that we were way more than just…

In 1926, Du Bose Heyward wrote in the New York Herald Tribune, “Langston Hughes, although only twenty-four years old, is already conspicuous in the group of Negro intellectuals who are dignifying Harlem with a genuine art life” (Langston Hughes). Langston Hughes is a famous African American author and poet, who lived from 1902 to 1967. He wrote in a modernist style during the time he was an author, which was from the 1920s to the 1960s. He is one of the many African American writers that helped…