Themes/Meanings
Langston Hughes' Background
Tone/Shift
Diction/Syntax
Symbolism/Imagery
100
A way to ________ and inspire them of their roots.
What is Unite the Black Community?
100
The best basketball player in the nation
What is Shrey?
100
Sober yet shows melancholy?
What is THE WHOLE POEM?
100
Euphrates, Congo, Nile, Mississippi
What is Allusion?
100
The two kids obsessed with ugly cars in our class. IMAGERY
What is Nick and Arsalan?
200
Hughes speaks on behalf of an entire community and tells it from the dawn of the community to the end of slavery in America.
What is Memory and Past?
200
Lincoln University and Columbia University.
What is College?
200
Nostalgic Tone
What is THE WHOLE POEM?
200
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers." DICTION
What is Simile?
200
"My soul has grown deep..." Symbolism
What is Soul?
300
Hughes begins by telling the birthplace of the African civilization and continues to show how it has expanded westward.
What is Race?
300
Prostate Cancer
What is The Death of Hughes?
300
Calm and Sober Tone
What is First and Last Stanzas?
300
"I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset." SYNTAX
What is Anaphora?
300
Uses _____ to compare the rivers to vivid and animate examples. Paints a picture in the reader's head. Imagery.
What is Analogy?
400
Meaning: The negro is a voice that is getting ready to tell a story of the rivers. Shows how Langston Hughes has been impacted by the rivers and how they have shown the journey of his life.
What is Title?
400
In November of 1924, Hughes moved to Washington D.C. where he published his first book of poetry.
What is The Weary Blues?
400
Tone is sorrowful and forces the reader to feel sympathy
What is Third Stanza?
400
"Ancient, dusky rivers." "I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset." DICTION
What is Euphemism?
400
History, Heritage, Spirit. Symbolism
What is Rivers?
500
Hughes draws a comparison between the rivers and the black community which have both experienced pain and carry profound wisdom yet they have not given up on their fight towards slavery.
What is Perseverance?
500
During college he held jobs such as an assistant cook, launderer and busboy.
What is Odd Jobs?
500
Somber to Somber AND Serious/Deeper
What is Shift After 1st Stanza?
500
"I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins." SYNTAX
What is Zeugma?
500
"its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset." Symbolism
What is Darkness to Lightness?
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