Question
Langston Hughes’s poems The Weary Blues and Harlem: What is The Significance of His Use of Metaphors in Relation to His Themes?
Topic Statement
In “The Weary Blues” and “Harlem,” Langston Hughes uses metaphors to express the theme of Black culture, racism, and dreams.
Topic Sentence 1 (for the first body paragraph)
In addition to the poem “The Weary Blues,” Langston Hughes makes use of metaphors of song, as well as blues, and its importance throughout the poem, to relate to black culture.
Topic Sentence 2 (for the second body paragraph)
In the poem, ‘The Weary Blues,’ Langston Hughes uses colour to convey the theme of race when he states, “With his ebony hands on each ivory key” (Hughes, Lines 9). As seen in Hughes’s work, it symbolizes a black struggle.
Topic Sentence 3 (for the third body paragraph)
In the poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes uses grotesque metaphors to express the theme of a festering dream.
Conclusion
“The Weary Blues” and “Harlem” have significantly used metaphors to represent the theme of Black culture, racism and dreams, bringing them to the public’s attention and, as a result, making them acceptable throughout society. The Major metaphor in ‘The Weary Blues’ is racial colour and in ‘Harlem’ discusses the ‘Dream.’