Theme for the Unknown, Red Transportation While the four poems, "Public Transportation," "The Unknown Citizen," "The Red Wheelbarrow," and "Theme for English B" encompass a wide variety of styles, they all address a similar theme. Each poem involves the idea of appearances and, in most cases, the misrepresentation of the entities behind them. In "Public Transportation," by Elaine Sexton, the theme is the most obvious, the narrator stating it herself within the poem. Throughout the poem, she is fantasizing about the secret lives of her fellow commuters and gives several illustrations of the pos...

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... their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. Langston Hughes died of complications from prostate cancer in May 22, 1967, in New York. Analysis At first glance, Hughes" "Theme for English B" seems to be simply the reflections of a young college student on his relationship to his school, home, ... only this one particular relationship between student and surroundings, but also between black men and America as a whole. As this poem reflects an analysis of internal and external observations of what is ruled and what really happens we can observe that it reflects o...

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... their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. Langston Hughes died of complications from prostate cancer in May 22, 1967, in New York. Analysis At first glance, Hughes" "Theme for English B" seems to be simply the reflections of a young college student on his relationship to his school, home, ... only this one particular relationship between student and surroundings, but also between black men and America as a whole. As this poem reflects an analysis of internal and external observations of what is ruled and what really happens we can observe that it reflects o...

• Word Count: 1930
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• Grade Level: High School

... Renaissance did not disappear overnight. Almost one-third of the books published during the Renaissance appeared after 1929. In the last analysis, the Harlem Renaissance ended when most of those associated with it left Harlem or stopped writing, while new young artists who appeared ... Rights Reserved.) Hughes writes about African-American people all over the world. In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers- (this is a positive poem) he talks about bathing in the Euphrates, building huts by the Congo, and singing about the Mississippi. It does not talk about racism ... Yes' m-, "I' se- "a-climbin'...

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... Deferred" makes it universal, anyone can relate to it. The majority of the world can relate to having a dream deferred in their life, and this poem is away for them to relate. The questions Hughes is asking the reader make them think about their dreams they had and what happened to them, "Does ... the strophe of questions they reflect back on their dreams and do a type of self analysis almost. Reading "Dream Deferred" is a self exploring, thought provoking poem about the past and future for you. On the other hand if the poem is read with the title "Harlem" people automatically attach ste...

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Kasandra Ramos English Comp. 1 June 19, 2002 Literary Analysis "Mother to Son" Langston Hughes Well, son, I"ll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tack in it, And splinters, And boards ... is listening to her. It is through tone, diction, and imagery that Langston Hughes presents a black Madonna by bringing salvation to her son. The tone of the poem shows the desperation and despair that the mother has felt in her life. Yet, she still believes that life is worth the journey. She still believes that "at ... The tone indicates the mother's courage and her perseverance. ...

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• Grade Level: High School