Part one of term paper
Poetry and the World of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes enchanted the world as he threw the truth of the pain that the Negro society had endured into most of his works. He attempted to make it clear that society in America was still undeniably racist. For example, Conrad Kent Rivers declared, “Oh if muse would let me travel through Harlem w ...

Part two of term paper
... in America” (Jemie 187). He entrances you into his poetry, and at the same time, reveals the “nitty-gritty” truth in modern society. His works do not all contain the same attitude, but do have the same concepts of the lives of the common black folk (ALCU 313). “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”1 and “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)”2 are two examples of Langston Hughes’ artistry in poetic expression that can be dissimilar while still expressing the same views on the tribulations of African-Am ...