Langston Hughes' Poem, Mother to Son
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American poet Langston Hughes was one of the major writers of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s that brought about an upsurge in African American self-awareness and self-expression. HughesÆ poetry focused on race-related issues of his era in language that was readily accessible to his readers. His poetry reflects a love of humanity together with race pride and bitterness over the treatment of African Americans. The poem ôMother to Sonö contains all these elements. It is both a poem of racial protest and racial affirmation. Above all, the poet speaks for life and hope. The poem is written in the first-person, and the narratorÆs voice is that of a mother passing onto her son both the knowledge and the lessons she has learned in life. Her motivation is to initiate her son in the realities of life, as well as her philosophy of life. Hughes uses the poetic device of the dramatic monologue that is a poem written as a speech made at some decisive moment in life. The mother/narratorÆs purpose is to instruct and to inspire. Her purpose is to teach her son to keep thin
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Approximate Word count = 720
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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