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In his early writing, including "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", Hughes was inspired by American poet Carl Sandburg.[4] Like many of Hughes's other writings, the poem depicts an African-American who recognizes and reaffirms his connection to Africa and uses that African heritage as a source of pride.[5]:169
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In his early writing, including "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", Hughes was inspired by American poet Carl Sandburg.[4] Like many of Hughes's other writings, the poem depicts an African-American who recognizes and reaffirms his connection to Africa and uses that African heritage as a source of pride.[5]:169
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Hughes was inspired by American poet, Carl Sandburg, in his early days of writing which also includes "The Negro Speaks of River".The poem is depiction of an African American who recognizes and reaffirms his connection to Africa, it show the African heritage as source of pride, like many of Hughes 's other writings.
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- ^ Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Routledge. 2001. ISBN 9781579582401, 1579582400.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ Kennedy, X.J.; Gioia, Dana (2003). Hughes, Langston. The Negro Speaks of Rivers:Literature An Introduction To Fiction, Poetry, And Drama (3rd ed.). New York: Longman. p. 759.
- ^ Kennedy, X.J.; Gioia, Dana (2003). Pinckney, Darryl. Black Identity In Langston Hughes. Literature An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry And Drama. New York: Longman. p. 772.
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External links[edit]
- Shades of Black at the DuBois Learning Center
- On "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" at Modern American Poetry
Category:1921 poems
Category:Poetry by Langston Hughes
Category:Works originally published in American magazines
Category:Works originally published in political magazines
Category:African-American literature
Category:American poems