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Easter Wings, By Langston Hughes

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When I first opened my book to start reading Easter Wings, I was taken of guard by its shape as well as the fact that it was side ways. I did not understand why this poem, reading, was different form all the other ones we had read in the past. However, once I finished reading it became a bit clearer as to why this one was different from all the rest.
Easter Wings is a two-stanza poem's built on a back-and-forth between hopelessness and optimism. First comes the disappointment; in the first half of each stanza, Herbert describes the downward spiral of human life. One thing I found really interesting about this poem was its structure. The way that they are printed on the page, resemble the wings of a bird. To go into more detail, not only does

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