Context
Literary Devices
Themes
100

The four rivers that are mentioned in the poem.

What are Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi rivers?

100

Symbolizes the hardships faced by the African Americans.

What are the "rivers"?
100

The central theme that illustrates how the speaker of the poem acknowledges and understands himself as a person and a person part of a community.

What is "identity (race)"?

200

The connection between Abraham Lincoln and slavery.

Who is the person who established the Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves?

200

Repetition of this phrase demonstrates how deep certain events have remained in the heart of the Black community.

What is "My Soul has grown deep like the rivers"?
200

The theme that illustrates how hardships become a significant event as represented in this poem.

What is "struggles and challenges becoming a part of history"?

300

The age and setting in which this poem was written.

What are 17 years old and while crossing the Mississippi River to head towards Mexico City to meet his father?

300

This pattern in words developed poetic diction in this poem.

What are "words that end in the letter 's'"?

300

The main theme that Langston Hughes attempts to illustrate from the beginning of the poem until the end and within the context of the rivers.

What is "time and endurance"?
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