LANGSTON HUGHES & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE By: Jermaine MacDonald.

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LANGSTON HUGHES & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE By: Jermaine MacDonald

WHO WAS LANGSTON HUGHES?  James Mercer Langston Hughes  A famous American poet, social activist, playwright, and journalist  One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.  Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Spingarn Medal, Quill Award for Poetry  Attended Lincoln & Columbia University

MOTHER TO SON BY: LANGSTON HUGHES  Technique: 1 Stanza, Anaphora, Line Break, Enjambment, Metaphor  Tone: Emotional but yet motivational  Relatable  Theme:  Life and it’s hardships and obstacles

JAZZONIA BY: LANGSTON HUGHES  Technique: 6 Stanzas, Anaphora, Assonance, ABA Rhyme Scheme, Enjambment, Allusion  Tone: Contented, Hopeful  Theme: To be forever hopeful for all things  To be positive

GOODBYE, CHRIST BY: LANGSTON HUGHES  Technique: 6 Stanzas, Enjambment, line break, Allusion, Apostrophe  Tone: A loss of hope, Somber  Theme: Hopeless however a motive to not be hopeless and to be hopeful which is shown through some of the motivational lines.

LANGSTON HUGHES’ CONTRIBUTION TO THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE Langston Hughes contributed to the Harlem renaissance by providing individuals with relatable literature that was well written. In addition he allowed people to understand life through his eyes which was very clear to many.