Friday, February 1, 2008

Langston Hughes


Langston Hughes was one of the chief voices of the Harlem Renaissance and a noted poet and author. Hughes’ poems gave voice to an entire generation of African Americans and their experiences, feelings, thoughts, and dreams.


Click here to read Hughes' famous poem "Dreams". After you've read it, post a comment telling me what literary device he uses in each stanza of the poem.




Image courtesy of the Langston Hughes National Poetry Project.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rhyming.





Evan

Anonymous said...

Langston was rhyming in each stanza.


Graham

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