Langston Hughes's Poem: Dive For Dreams By E. E. Cummings

The only major shift that occurs in Dreams Deferred, happens on the last line of the poem. Hughes compares dreams to other things using similes. These similes are not instantaneous, they happen and worsen over time. i.e(Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?/Or fester like a sore). But on the last line, he compares dreams deferring to something that doesn’t need time. An

The short story Volar by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes share a common theme which is the elusive American dream, thus, compared to a pot of gold for migrants. There are several ideas that pertain to elusive American dream of both the short story and the poem. First, in Volar, a family migrated from Puerto Rico to New Jersey to seek opportunities and better life conditions. Similarly, in Harlem, it speaks about African-Americans who migrated from the South to the North for better working conditions. Secondly, in Volar, the reality of how hard to attain the American dream is evident as the story described the living conditions in their tiny apartment. In a like manner, the poem Harlem expresses the devastation in the truth that American dream of African-Americans is unattainable. Lastly, both the short story and the poem have a message of hardship contrary to their expectations once settled in the place of what they thought to be the end of the rainbow.

In contrasting or comparing literary works it is crucial that the reader analyze the author's voice to gain a better understanding of the theme they are implying. In the contrast between the poems “I, too, sing America” by Langston Hughes, and “I hear America singing” by Walt Whitman it is clear that the two poets have very different point of views regarding American patriotism. Walt Whitman’s views on America’s joy and peace in his poems are very straightforward, while Langston Hughes poem--a response to Whitman’s--wants the reader to acknowledge what America should be like for everyone, including people of color such as himself. The authors of these poems prove to have conflicting judgements on matters in America including a theme of

The poem “Let America Be America Again,” by Langston Hughes, brings up two sides to the discussion about what America means to people. It discusses the fact that to some people, America is an amazing land, where people are free from oppression and have rights. The poem, however, does not neglect the fact that there are people who have never experienced those freedoms and rights, nor does it neglect the fact that the people who have not experienced those rights also live in America. The issue about people living in America but never experiencing rights that are thought to be American was very prominent at the time that Hughes wrote the poem. Now the discussion is not “what it means to live in America” but “what it means to love America.” The issue contemplates whether someone can love America and still notice its flaws; or, if in order to love America one must neglect its ugly truths and only focus on the great accomplishments. One of the main causes for this discussion derive from the fact that right-winged people claim that Obama does not love America. However, they fail to see that in order to love something you must also notice its flaws and fix them.

The poetry of Langston Hughes, the poet laureate of Harlem, is an effective commentary on the condition of blacks in America during the 20th Century. Hughes places particular emphasis on Harlem, a black area in New York that became a destination of many hopeful blacks in the first half of the 1900ís. In much of Hughes' poetry, a theme that runs throughout is that of a "dream deferred." The recurrence of a"dream deferred" in several Hughes poems paints a clear picture of the disappointment and dismay that blacks in America faced in Harlem. Furthermore, as each poem develops, so does the feeling behind a"dream deferred," growing more serious and even angry with each new stanza.<br><br>To understand Hughes' idea of the"dream deferred," one

In the poem shown above, titled “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, Hughes begins to discuss the value of dreaming. When we as people look at each other’s lives, we compare ours to every one else’s and forget about the fact that there are some people who would love to live ours. However, there is an alternative to comparing ourselves to other people. We can aspire to surpass their goals and what they have achieved or we can dream up our own and reach it. Otherwise, they get locked away in the back of your imaginations and are never to be seen again. As a result, no dreams made means no dreams achieved. In the poem, the author compares the death of a dream to life being a broken winged bird. Life as a broken winged bird is like having life but not

At first glance, Cummings’ poems may seem random and unimportant. However, once a closer look is taken, it can be seen that all punctuation used by Cummings is there for a reason. His radical use of punctuation, structure and syntax ca be seen clearly in ‘O sweet spontaneous’. He inserts a comma in the second line of the third stanza. He also inserts a bracket at the end of the fifth stanza and waits until the last line of the poem to close it. This is an unorthodox method of using punctuation but it creates more meaning and imagery for the reader. Cummings inserts a comma in the third stanza to create a pause. This helps the reader think about the beauty of nature and allows the reader to reflect on how philosophy has taken advantage of it. When Cummings opens a bracket in the fifth stanza, he uses it to insert a message which is different to the idea he has been presenting throughout the poem. He uses the parenthesis to introduce a new idea – that nature will rise above all – without making the poem completely about the beauty of nature and this leaves the main focus on how science, religion and philosophy have abused nature. The way Cummings uses syntax, structure and punctuation may be a new idea but it creates a deeper meaning to his poems and he uses his techniques

The epigraphy by Langston Hughes describes how dreams change after they had been put off. When dreams fail, it affects each person differently. The person may just give up on the dream completely, find a new way to reach the dream, change the situation so it may not be the dream but something similar, or it can destroy other dreams too. The Youngers were a African American family living on the south side of Chicago and barely scraping by with Walter’s job as a limousine driver. They all eagerly wait for the insurance money, produced after Walter’s dad passed away, to make their dreams come true. But when the check arrived, Walter gave most of the money to Willy Harris, a business partner, runs off with the money when it was suppose to be invested

“Dream Deferred,” is a poem written by Langston Hughes discussing what may become of a dream that is put off, delayed, or postponed by external influences. Throughout the poem, Hughes uses questions about concrete things in everyday life and compares them to the ignored dreams. Langston Hughes isn’t referring to the dreams we have when we go to sleep at night, he’s referring to an aspiration or a desire.

Langston Hughes is arguably one of the best known American writers of the twentieth century. He played an important influential part in the Harlem Renaissance, his poetry and other literary works helped pave way to a new wave of African American culture and literature. Hughes had a wide variety of works, he was much more than just a poet; he was a short-story writer, novelist, and playwright (Brucker). He was also very involved in the Black Arts Movement, and had works published in “The Crisis” the official journal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People the (NAACP). Till his death Hughes continued to be an advocate against racial.injustice through his many works that focused around and celebrated the lives of

To begin with, E.E. Cummings uses visual techniques to create meaning. One way he used visual techniques is by creating his poems in many different shapes and forms including spaces and parenthesis. For example, in document A, the poem looks like a number one. Also in his poem,”r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” he uses a

Poetry is a platform used to express emotions, ideas, and style. Poets take inspiration from their background and past experiences to eloquently formulate their thoughts. Langston Hughes was no exception. Famous for his contribution to the embracement of African American culture in America during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes began forming his thoughts into poetry early in his life. From growing up in segregated American and his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes accounts the celebration of African American culture as well as the fears and struggles, including his own, faced by black people in America, as well as social criticisms through poems of sophisticated yet relatable simplicity.

Poetry, just like music, is a form of expressing the human language in a manner that manipulates the emotion and thought. With this definition in mind, poetry evolves as time and atmospheres change, and as they change, new challenges become present leading to different kinds of expressions and feelings about an environment. Thus, it is with these changing expressions and ideas that poetry itself evolves. However, poetry’s foundation does not rest solely on the fact that it is a medium through which feelings are expressed, but it is the medium through which many poets teach, and articulate revolutionary conceptions. This aspect can be applied to the famous poet Langston Hughes, whom by expressing his feelings of oppression in a racist

In 1964, Langston Hughes stated “Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead.” Hughes’ use of this quote is immediately reflected throughout all his works. He stood out amongst the most energetic essayists and scholars of the Harlem Renaissance, which was the African American artistic growth in the 1920s that praised dark life and culture. “Hughes' innovative expertise was impacted by his life in New York City's Harlem, an essentially African American neighborhood (Rampersad 3).”

E.E. Cummings is a strange yet famous author whose poetry has a lot of interconnectivity. Cummings was born on October 14th, 1894. He started writing poems at the young age of 10, in 1904. Ever since then Cummings has written a variety of poetry, the majority, if not all, of which breaks standard rules of conventions in English Literature. Much of the time Cummings uses poetic devices and structure that directly relate to the main idea of the poem. In fact, a lot about the poems or their main ideas can be understood better by taking a look of the physical layout of the poem. Examining punctuation, capitalization, and even the very shape of the stanzas can all lead to a better understanding of Cummings’ work. One fantastic example of one of