“The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes describes Hughes’ fascination for blues music. His appeal for the blues is so high that he even describes a singer and his lyrics in the poem. “He played a few chords then he sang some more – ‘I got the Weary Blues’” (24 – 25). In this line, Hughes may be describing the singer and his lyrics, but he is also saying that he has the “weary blues.” In fact, the whole poem could be a blues song that is being sung by Hughes, which is further evidence that Hughes is fascinated with blues. One reason that this could be sung by Hughes is the effectiveness of his rhymes throughout the whole poem. His rhymes are smooth, they flow with so much rhythm, and they are consistent just as if it were a song.

Langston Hughes in his poem “The Weary Blues” writes an ode to the blues, and he is so effective at it that he makes it appear it like a blues song. In contrast, Ann Cragg’s poem, “Musings on Music”, does not make the same case as Hughes. Cragg discusses in her poem the love that people have for music in general. She starts the poem off with some intriguing questions: “What did people do before the advent of music? How did they stay calm throughout a long, nerve-wracking day?” (Cragg). In other words, Cragg is talking about the significance of music to society. When people are full of stress, they look for music to make them feel better. This is the message that Cragg is trying to portray in these introductory lines of her poem. The first stanza of her poem consists of several interesting questions that could be difficult to answer. The second stanza is statements about music and its meaning to society. “Music is a common language spoken round the world; Music builds a bridge between all peoples and all lands” (Cragg). Cragg makes a bold statement about music by saying that it is a language that everybody around the world can speak. Many people around the world obvi

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