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3 years ago

Style, form and theme of "The Weary Blues".

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Lemur [1.5K]3 years ago

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Explanation:

The weary blues is about power and pain of black art.The poem describes a black blues singer playing in a bar in Harlem late into the night.It talks about how society and racist and how In other words, it honors the beauty of black art while also acknowledging the weight of the pain that led to its creation.This shows how power is used positively we can also say how oppression on the black race results on the negative impact of the poem.

Talk about which side is stronger by using the theme power!!!

The poem thus doesn't follow a set form—like the sonnet. So its not a love poet.Instead, it uses its formal elements to help it imitate a blues song. It has no set meter or rhyme scheme—though many of its lines, including lines 1 and 2 form rhyming couplets which enables the speaker to express his feelings and emotions thoroughly. in free verse with an irregular rhyme scheme, mimicking the natural patterns of speech and music. Plus their is a good use of repetition emphasizing how oppression has effected identity and created fear in their heart.Through the the use of speech identity is shown we can link this to the power and conflict cluster to the poem ChECKING OUT ME HISTORY.

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