... key He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues! (8-11) Langston Hughes "[...] undertook a difficult task when he sought to communicate the poetry of the blues through written words alone [...]" and yet he managed to complete the task illustrated by the poems "Jazzonia" and "The Weary Blues"(Emanuel ... of his proletarian status and [...] make common cause with the rest of the proletariat" (Berry 229). The same idea of going on strike or rebellion is portrayed in a poem called "Park Bench." In this poem, Hughes compares the life of the working class, the ones going on strike, ... ...

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