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Running head : THEME FOR ENGLISH B

Only of a Different Color (Name (Institution /School (Professor (Subject

Only of a Different Color

Originally named with a James in the beginning , Langston Hughes is a Missouri-born , Harlem poet . He is one of the most prolific whose works spoke of the lives of the blacks in America . He did not contribute greatly to literature alone he was also known to have sparked influence in the world of jazz music . Before he succumbed to the complications of prostate cancer , Hughes was already able to write ample

pieces of literature . Other than poetry , he also left his audience with a number of plays and more than enough prose to remember him by (Academy of American Poets , 2009

Although in different forms , Hughes ' works are mostly centered on one theme . His works portray the lives of the blacks and how they are also Americans , even with their black complexion and gloomy past . As such they must be treated fairly and without discrimination . In his poem Theme for English B , Hughes reiterated this theme by using a part of his daily life when he was still twenty-two . He conveyed to the audience that blacks are part of the American society and life as much as the white people are part of the blacks

The poem is written in free verse like most of Hughes ' poems . However there is an internal rhyme with consonant and vowel sounds repeating from one line to another . These sounds give emphasis...

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