Spoken Word Poetry

Thus, modernism was in a transient stage where writers were attempting make strives to move from the old forms of literature. In observation of Langston Hughes, he was considered a modernist that contributed a major part in the African American community. He was one the founders who incorporated jazz and poetry. This was during the period of the Harlem Renaissance when the African American culture was at its highest.

Poets Claude Mckay and Langston Hughes are both well known for their literary contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. Roughly spanning from the 1910s to the 1930s, about two decades, the Harlem Renaissance is pinned as the intellectual, social, and artistic explosion of African American culture. At the same time, African Americans were treated as second-class citizens and dealt with a common consensus of disdain from the white folk. Authors and poets during this time were determined to write on the sufferings and strengths within the black culture. Through literary works such as "America" by Claude McKay and "Freedom" by Langston Hughes, the struggles encompassing the black experience are realistically portrayed through reoccurring themes

From the 1900’s to the 1950’s poetry began changing to a more contemporary style of writing, a style that would bring forth more readers of the modern era to see the world around them in a different point of view. Many, many different poets emerged from the modern age of poetry; some names being very familiar such as Robert Frost, T.S. Elliot, and Sylvia Plath. Some of these poets made the poetry that we study today what it is; in our discussion we will be talking about Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and E.E. Cummings. Ezra Pound is best known as the founder of imagism and for his usage of it in his poems. Imagism being clarity of expression through the use of precise images; this being the pinnacle device used to convey his point across in a

The Harlem Renaissance,was an explosion of African American culture,especially in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Making use of the literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, contributors to this movement sought to revive the attributes of the “African American” from the stereotypes that the white had labeled them. They also sought to let loose of conservative moral values and bourgeois shame about aspects of their lives that the white majority would have seen as an reinforcement of racist beliefs. The contributors to this movement did not particularly belong to a major school of thought. They came from all over the country to give rise to this movement.

“I, Too” Poetry Analysis Poet Langston Hughes has written many great works including, I, Too. The poem was written in the nineteen twenties when Hughes, along with other African Americans, were facing segregation everywhere. This poem was one of the many pieces that was a part of the Harlem Renaissance, an African American movement in the fine arts. As the piece focuses on the struggles and hope for the future, it was definitely appropriate to be a part of the evolution of African American artists.

Through an extensive reference to recent social history and cultural studies pieces of literature, Eric Lott seeks to examine the role played by the blackface minstrel show during the prevalent political struggles that essentially saw the start of the civil war. In this account, Lott paints an image of the blackface minstrel as a show that primarily appropriated black dialect music and dance. In a similar regard, the show is perceived as one that, at some point applauded the black culture but unfortunately, and in an ironic manner, the show contributed to what was famously known as “blackening of America.” Additionally, through the content of his literary work, and reference to the blackface minstrel, Lott gives a novel interpretation of the very first and popularly renowned form of the 19th-century entertainment (Lott).

“I want to jump into you and feel this life as you do Perhaps then I could give as you do perhaps then I could live as you do” Love is elastic(2015:1) When we want to express our deepest feelings, our fears, our concerns and our sense of nothingness, words sometimes seem inadequate. But in poetry, structures don’t matter, meaning does. We open our mouths and before we think of editing, or of what people will say, we speak.

Hanna Santaren Mrs Maria Pia Reyes English Language Arts 9 5/10/2017 Poetry Analysis: Langston Hughes’ “Dream Deferred” INTRODUCTION “Dream Deferred,” more commonly known as “Harlem,” was written by African-American poet Langston Hughes in 1951. Hughes was an activist for the African-American community in America. According to biography.com, he played a big role in the Harlem renaissance which was a cultural movement the promoted the acceptance of black people and culture. The oppression in the USA was still apparent during the time “Dream Deferred” was written.

There are a multitude of techniques poets use to make their poetry both pithy and complex. Due to the limitations of certain poetic forms, poets may be forced to use the devices of meter and diction to accurately express their commentary. Some poets may choose to use allusions to relate a number of scenarios to a certain theme, utilizing the historical context of these scenarios as further material for interpretation. Other poets may choose the opposite approach to economy, intentionally writing little, but carefully using diction and metaphor to allow the reader to “say a lot” themselves by interpreting the work in a number of different ways. Although the poets John Keats, W.H. Auden, and Sylvia Plath use these techniques differently, they

"To think or speak poetically is to adopt a distorted stance toward the ordinary world..." and to do so is with the use of figurative language (Gibbs 1). Figurative language is the point at which you utilize a word or expression that does not make use of its literal meaning. Authors who utilize figurative language, use this to make their work more fascinating or more emotional than the exact language which essentially states simple facts. Authors frequently use figurative language to make unfamiliar things, settings and circumstances more relatable for the reader. Poems, specifically, depend intensely on figurative language.

“Sympathy” is a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Paul Dunbar is an American poet during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A child of former slaves, Paul Dunbar writes this poem to express his feelings toward slavery itself, but specifically the effect on his own life in the 1800’s. If one were to read “Sympathy,” for the first time it could be easy to misinterpret that this poem is actually about a caged bird. However there is a deeper meaning to this poem that has even inspired another famous poem by another famous poet, Maya Angelou.

Movements involved the songs described the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Movement. Designed as uprisings to political, economic, and social stances toward the ideal of separatism. Separatism as an idea for both movements because of lack of civil rights based off US history, blacks who descendants of slaves could not possess equal opportunities as their white counterparts. Black Americans from the 1970s and onward still lived in a type of enslavement where the oppression lies within their own history robbed from them. Common, Tupac Shakur, and Dead Prez with The Last Poets described those two movements depicting the representations in their music to their legacy of Black Power to the black people of today.

Langston Hughes and America Langston Hughes, as renowned poet, a leader during the Harlem Renaissance, and a man of color, had written poetry during a particularly difficult time for people of color. Considered a founding father of Jazz Poetry, using various techniques, and styles of poetry to convey story in a rhythmic style. Many of Hughes’ poems focus heavily on America or the American dream. While reading “Let America be America again” it is evident that this poem is a description of the American Dream, “Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.”

A recognizable rap group in this era would be “The Last Poets”, who used aggressive but socially-conscience lyrics that played a major role in the birth of Hip-Hop. There are three major time zones involved with the evolution of rap and it is the early era, mid era, and modern era. In the late 1960’s, a group of African-American started to gather frequently in Harlem, New York, to share their poetry,

I was born in Cartagena, Colombia which is a country that have its origin time, from the rebellion of the colonies against the Spanish monarchy. It is the rebellion that characterized my country in favor to defend human rights and social inequality by our governors. Small guerilla groups were conformed with social ideals in profit the population to fight the injustices and corruption by the state. That definition of "guerilla" was known to me in early history class at school. Around 2000, the term "guerilla" was regular sounds at the radio, but in this time its purposes was different from the base that the group was created which was to fight Colombia 's inequality and corruption government at that time.