Hughes and History
These are the 3 disadvantaged groups of people Langston Hughes writes about in his poem.
Who are poor white people, African Americans, and Native Americans?
“From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives” (line 86) best displays this literary device.
What is a simile?
“...let my land be a land where Liberty / Is crowned…” (lines 15-16) best displays this literary device.
What is personification?
This tone is most portrayed in the following lines: “The free? / Who said the free? Not me? / Surely not me? The millions on relief today? / The millions shot down when we strike?” (lines 62-66)
What is confused?
This is the name of the NAACP magazine Langston Hughes was published in.
What is The Crisis?
"(America was never America to me)" (line 6) best displays this literary device.
What is Aside?
“...dark Ireland’s shore, / And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea, / And torn from Black Africa’s strand…” (lines 57-59) best displays this literary device.
What is imagery?
This tone is most portrayed in the following lines: “(There’s never been equality for me, / Nor freedom in this 'homeland of the free.')”(lines 20-21)
What is mocking?
This is the year the poem was written.
What is 1936?
"...full of strength and hope, / Tangled in that ancient endless chain" (lines 33-34) best displays this literary device.
What is Juxtaposition?
“And all the songs we’ve sung / And all the hopes we’ve held / And all the flags we’ve hung” (lines 69-71) best displays this literary device.
What is parallelism?
This tone is most portrayed in the following lines: “And finding the same old stupid plan / Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak '' (lines 30-31).
What is angry?
She had a huge influence on Langston Hughes’ writing topics.
Who is Mary Langston?
"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed" (line 8) best displays this literary device.
What is Alliteration?
“I am the poor white… / I am the Negro… / I am the red man… / I am the immigrant…” (lines 26-29) best displays this literary device.
What is anaphora?
This tone is most portrayed in the following lines: “We must take back our land again, / America!” (lines 87-88)
What is motivated?