Context
The four rivers that are mentioned in the poem.
What are Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi rivers?
Symbolizes the hardships faced by the African Americans.
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)"?
The connection between Abraham Lincoln and slavery.
Who is the person who established the Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves?
Repetition of this phrase demonstrates how deep certain events have remained in the heart of the Black community.
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"?
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?
This pattern in words developed poetic diction in this poem.
What are "words that end in the letter 's'"?
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.