langston hughes the harlem renaissance by: jermaine macdonald
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MOTHER TO SON BY: LANGSTON HUGHES Technique: 1 Stanza, Anaphora, Line Break, Enjambment, Metaphor Tone: Emotional but yet motivational Relatable Theme: Life and it’s hardships and obstaclesTRANSCRIPT
LANGSTON HUGHES & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
By: Jermaine MacDonald
WHO WAS LANGSTON HUGHES?
James Mercer Langston Hughes
A famous American poet, social activist, playwright, and journalist
One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.
Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Spingarn Medal, Quill Award for Poetry
Attended Lincoln & Columbia University
M O T H E R T O S O N BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S
Technique: 1 Stanza, Anaphora, Line Break, Enjambment, Metaphor
Tone: Emotional but yet motivational
Relatable
Theme:
Life and it’s hardships and obstacles
J A Z Z O N I A BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S
Technique: 6 Stanzas, Anaphora, Assonance, ABA Rhyme Scheme, Enjambment, Allusion
Tone: Contented, Hopeful
Theme: To be forever hopeful for all things
To be positive
G O O D BY E , C H R I S T BY: L A N G S T O N H U G H E S
Technique: 6 Stanzas, Enjambment, line break, Allusion, Apostrophe
Tone: A loss of hope, Somber
Theme: Hopeless however a motive to not be hopeless and to be hopeful which is shown through some of the motivational lines.
L A N G S T O N H U G H E S ’ C O N T R I B U T I O N T O T H E H A R L E M R E N A I SS A N C E
Langston Hughes contributed to the Harlem renaissance by providing individuals with relatable literature that was well written. In addition he allowed people to understand life through his eyes which was very clear to many.