Part one of term paper
The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughs reflects many of the writers own personal beliefs. The speaker in the poem is reflecting the misfortunes of Negro society in a time period in which Hughs and generations before him lived. The poem is a great example of what type of expressionist writings came out of the Harlem Renaissance from the ...

Part two of term paper
... and not to hard to understand. The poem was not written in what was thought to be “proper” dialect. The writer uses contractions several times. In line eleven Hughs used “there’s”, line fifteen and 21 he used “we’re”, and in line fourteen Hughs used “can’t”. The tone Hughs expressed in writing “Harlem” can be confusing to the reader. The tone seems to be of anger and then almost threatening or hostile. Hughs is expressing the frustration he and many othe ...