Poems By Langston Hughes Essays Examples

The first poem titled Young Gal’s Blues resembles a blues song. It has several repetitions and shortenings, which can characterize the poem suitable for singing. Besides, it reveals the character’s view on death, youth, and love. The poem is easy to read and evaluate because of the song rhythm and rhymes. It discloses the deep philosophic and moral issues. The character things that alive are always following the dead. They are connected to their beloved ones, whom they are missing. They old ones desperately need a company, and the young are afraid of getting old and ugly. The love is the only cure against blueness, according to the author.
The second poem is named A song to a negro-wash woman. It develops the idea of jazz poetry introduced by Langston. This is an ode to a black wash-woman. She is constantly working and she can be seen everywhere with the clothes, which need to be washed. The wash-woman is strong and wise. She supports her husband and helps her children to get an education. She is hard-working and religious. The author admires her labor. But wash-woman is more than beautiful when she is singing. Her clothes and her soul are clean as well her voice. The author shows his deepest respect for strong hard-working women and their physical work.
Dream Variations provides a deep insight into the Harlem Renaissance period. It was for people of action and they dreamt about the action as well. They were looking for bright colors of the day and intriguing shades of the night. The character of a poem wants to dance and whirl every time with short stops at the evening when the life seems to be pale. The short lines of the poem emphasize on its agility and joyful mood.