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Afro-American Fragment By Langston Hughes Publication Information Not Available

Afro-American Fragment By Langston Hughes Publication Information Not Available. Presented by Sierra Longwell and Eric Blankenship. This Poem Should Be Kept Because…. This poem represents many literary elements. This poem appeals to diverse students. Rhythm and Rhyme . So long ,

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Afro-American Fragment By Langston Hughes Publication Information Not Available

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  1. Afro-American Fragment By Langston HughesPublication Information Not Available Presented by Sierra Longwell and Eric Blankenship

  2. This Poem Should Be Kept Because…. • This poem represents many literary elements. • This poem appeals to diverse students.

  3. Rhythm and Rhyme • So long, • So far away • Is Africa. • Not even memories alive • Save those that history books create, • This is written in mostly iambic feet, but overall it is free-verse. • It conains no rhyme.

  4. Repetition • In lines 14 and 23, Langston Hughes uses repetition. • Through some vast mist of race……Dark face. • Also, in lines 15 and 20, he also uses repetition. • There comes this song…..So long.

  5. Alliteration • Langston Hughes uses alliteration a lot in this poem, like in lines 5, 6, 7, and 8. • Save those that history books create, • Save those that songs • Beat back into the blood- • Beat out of blood with words sad sung.

  6. Consonance • Langston Hughes uses consonance in lines 9, 14, and 18. • Line 9:In strange, un-Negro tongue- • Line 14: Through some vast mist of race • Line 18: Of bitter yearning lost

  7. Repetition • In this poem, Langston Hughes uses repetition in lines 1-3, 10-12, and 20-22, all saying the same thing. • So long, • So far away, • Is Africa.

  8. Personification • Langston Hughes uses personification in lines 22 and 23. • Is Africa’s • Dark face. • Obviously, since Africa is a continent there is no way it can have a face. It also may refer to that Africa’s people have a dark face.

  9. Parallelism • Langston Hughes uses parallelism in lines 5 and 6. • Save those that history books create, • Save those that songs..

  10. Assonance • Langston Hughes uses assonance in lines 16 and 17, and 13-15. • Lines 13-15: Are the drums-and yet • Through some vast mist of race • Comes this song. • Lines 16 and 17: I do not understand • This song of atavistic land,

  11. Conclusion • This poem deserves to be kept because it has many different literary elements such as alliteration, consonance, and repetition. • It also is appealing to diverse groups of students.

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