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Analysis of Langston Hughes ' The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

Part 2

In some respects , Langston Hughes had become known for being a great Black-American poet . As a result , aside from the primary reason of having a significant message , his work on The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain ' became a more interesting read because of his writing style . In many sense , the attack of his text has a more profound appeal than just reading an article from the news . He

had presented his argument in a very creative manner according to the tone of his target audience

He started his argument by juxtaposing Black poets to White Poets arguing that some Black poets choose to emulate and idolize White poets His argument would lead to telling the Black poets who emulate and idolize white poets as wanting to be white ' The sharpness of the image that he had painted on the first paragraph is more than enough to hook the readers into his discussion . There is a tone of frustration and yet there is also a hint of truth to his words that is why they are just hard to let go off

The piece presents to the readers a very interesting irony . Hughes poetic influence is really flowing in his prose . The sentence structure is certainly unconventional as he often chops them off with commas colons , semi-colons , and dashes . The text would be interspersed with both long run-on sentences and short very short ones

Here is an example of a sentence of Hughes

The present vogue in things Negro , although it may do as much harm as good for the budding colored artist , has at least done this : it has brought him forcibly to the attention of his own people among whom for so long , unless the other race had noticed him before hand , he was a prophet with little honor (Hughes , paragraph 2

This kind of writing may raise some eyebrows from formalist , they would tolerate long run-on sentences . But it would be important to consider that Langston Hughes is one of the boldest of his time . He would undoubtedly not adhere to the conventions if it would suit the message of his text , which is actually for Black artists not to adhere to the conventions set by White artists . In this particular style , he does not want to convey formalistically-correct grammar , it is rather to convey the right emotions

It is immediately noticeable that the tone of The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain ' is its most important dimension . This particular piece of Hughes sounds as if it is directly spoken to you through a megaphone

The author 's training in poetry and fiction is reflected through this particular work . Even though the piece appears to be a long read , words and ideas are much economized . Furthermore , there more than enough exquisite lines that would keep a reader hooked until his last sentence . Hughes ' gift of poetry and...

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