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Poem Analysis: The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Lepanto” by G. K. Chesterton Poetry has been used across different contexts, particularly in historical settings. At one point, compositions such as poems were written in an effort to document certain dimensions that prevailed during specific times and periods. Interestingly, compositions written in different contexts possessed definite similarities regardless of aspects such as the setting of the poem or the time or period during which the

The rise and fall of Macbeth as King of Scotland has captured audiences and inspired critics since Shakespeare first penned the play. In his “Shakespearean Tragedy” A.C. Bradley introduces several incorrect interpretations of the play. Bradley falsely states that Macbeth was born to rule as a king, that the murder of King Duncan would not have occurred without the pressuring of Lady Macbeth, and that Macbeth dies maintaining his native goodness and courage. The text, Clifford Davidson’s “On the Tragedy

Down on Lenox Avenue the other night … O Blues! … Sweet Blues! (3-4,11,14) When the narrator says this, it tells the reader that he has a strong attachment to this memory and may be empathizing with what the musician is singing. The rest of the poem is simply an

in life to her son. In 1925 he wrote the poem As I Grew Older. In the poems he talks about how he once had a dream, but other obstacles took him away from his dream. In 1925 he wrote The Weary Blues. This poem takes place in an Harlem bar called Lenox Avenue. He is expressing his loneliness in a melancholy tone. In 1951 he wrote Dream Deferred. This poem explains the dream of equal rights for African Americans. Dreams is an extremely short poem written in free verse. It is two stanzas long, and the

The Harlem Renaissance was the height of black culture. It was a time period where blacks and their creativity were finally excepted. Socially, artistically and musically blacks changed the way America saw African americans. The 1920s was the decade that blazed the birth of the modern music era. Jazz, Blues ,Broadway, and Dance Band were extremely popular in 20 's. Most infamous Jazz group were The Kings Men. They were the most popular group in the Jazz world. Originating from south side

Literary Genius James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. James Hughes and Carrie Langston are Hughes’ parents. They later divorced when Hughes was young. After his parents divorced he went to live with his grandmother until he turned thirteen years old. At thirteen years old he moved to Lincoln, Illinois. After living in Illinois he later moved to Cleveland, Ohio to live with his mother. When he moved to Cleveland he started writing poetry (“James Mercer…” par

The diction and syntax accentuate the paradoxical and the strange: Sth, I know that woman. She used to live with a flock of birds on Lenox Avenue. Know her husband, too. He fell for an eighteen-year-old girl with one of those deepdown, spooky loves that made him so sad and happy he shot her just to keep the feeling going. When the woman, her name is Violet, went to the funeral to see the

The Biltmore Estate represents the finest architecture, construction, and materials available in the late nineteenth century. The famous house was built by George Vanderbilt, grandson of Corneluis Vanderbilt. George inherited money from Cornelius, a pioneer in the railroad industry (Hudson et al. 113). Cornelius Vanderbilt gained much of his wealth and prominence through hard work in the railroad and shipping industries (Cohen n. pag). BY the time he died, his railroad company he owned was

James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues is an interesting as well as an enlightening story. Baldwin is successful to describe Sonny’s life struggle through the analysis of Sonny’s relation with the family members in a poor neighborhood of Harlem and his mission of becoming a musician to free himself from the drug addiction. Definitely characterization is the strongest part of the story because Baldwin has effectively presented the main characters; Sonny, his brother and their mother, through in depth psychological

depressed her. New York City transformed from a town surrounded by lush farmland to a metropolis that attracted financiers and industrialists. (Singley 21). In The House of Mirth, Ned Van Alstyne (Lily’s cousin) is walking on Fifth Avenue and gives Lily a tour of Fifth Avenue and comments on the buildings: “That's the next stage: the desire to imply that one has been to Europe, and has a standard. I'm sure Mrs. Bry thinks her house a copy of the Trianon; in America every marble house with gilt furniture