Nicholas Hughes

The poem “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes and the carving Free by Emma Marie Cadwalader-Guild, two different forms of art, both manage to capture the same messages. They were made in different eras, yet showcase the discriminations faced by African Americans. Both Hughes and the slave in the carving overcame an innumerable amount of challenges, their worlds consumed with false freedom. “English B” by Langston Hughes and Free by Cadwalader-Guild share countless commonalities; in both…

warning. Hughes use of phrases that can be conveyed in more than one way, also give an eerie tone to his poems. When looking at double meanings, Hughes writes…

However, most keepers recall the Harlem Renaissance as an exceptional progression, certainly, African Americans amidst the 1920s in like way made personality boggling walks around melodic and visual verbalizations, and moreover science. Point of fact, the enabling improvements in African American social nearness of the 1920s were not constrained to Harlem, but rather in like way had developed in other urban get-togethers where diminish Americans moved in sublime numbers. Never overwhelmed by a…

Langston Hughes is an African American poet, novelist, playwright and more. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902. He was raised by his grandmother until he was 13 years old, because his parents divorced when he was still young. He then “moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live with his mother and her husband”. Eventually they settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His full name is Jame Mercer Langston Hughes. He published his first poetry book in 1926, wich was called “the weary…

When it comes to the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, the most important word would be “Life” because it moves the plot forward, creating a message of hope in the hardships of life. The poem is told by the point of view of a mother, who tells his son of what life is really like. Telling him that life doesn't come easy to anybody, and no life is perfect in any way. The meaning of life is portrayed by a mother, not wanting her son the be surprised when he find that life isn’t as easy and…

Lawrence’s Migration of Art Born on September 7th, 1917, Jacob Lawrence was born to be great. His early years of his life were spent moving around, until he and his family settled in Harlem. During his teenage years, he had spent time working on his art, and got his best ideas right in Harlem, where he was grasping visuals and inspiration. As a teenager, he was in different art programs where his art style was already set, and his mentors noticed this early on. Mattern implies that, “Charles…

Sylvia Plath is a well renowned poet from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Plath is well known for her controversial and pessimistic poems though some of her best pieces are joyous texts. Throughout each of these texts Plath has developed a specific key idea. It is believed that Plath’s most important ideas that she develops throughout any of her texts are, nature being a brutal relentless force, the oppression of women and finally, the extreme feelings of joy and love that children bring to…

from “Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes are very similar in the sense they are both about dreams, however, they differ when it comes to their approach to dreams. These two poems have many differences, such as, in the excerpt from “Life is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca states, indubitably, that life is a dream. He says you dream your whole life. However, Langston Hughes asks “What happens to a dream deferred?” This indicates that dreams get…

Sylvia Plath is a novelist and a short story writer but she is most known for her poems. Some of her most famous poems are “Daddy”, “Morning Song”, and “The Applicant”. The poem “The Applicant” is about someone trying to sell a women to a man by making her seem as if she can do anything for him and it’s the man’s last resort. This poem can be looked at from a biographical, feminist, formalist, or psychoanalytic lens. Through a biographical lens you can see that “The Applicant” shows how Sylvia…

Billy Collins was an American writer whose phenomenally open verse—portrayed by plain dialect, delicate silliness, and a ready thankfulness for the everyday—made him a standout amongst the most well-known artists in the United States. Collins grew up predominantly in Queens, New York. He composed his first lyric at age 12 and later joined his secondary school artistic magazine. In 1963 Collins got a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, and he went ahead to procure…