Question

Hughes was influenced by the poets Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Claude McKay. Can you detect these influences in this poem or in other poems written by Hughes? “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” by Langston Hughes

Answer 1

Answer:

These poets had major influence on the writings of Hughes in a manner of using the medium of poem for convey a message or share opinion.

Explanation:

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, on 1st Februray 1901. Hughes was an American poet, activist, novelist, and so on. He had major influence in his writings of other prominent poets such as Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Claude McKay.

These poets used the medium of poetry to convey their opinion or expose any social vices prevalent in their society. For instance, Walt Whitman in his poem titled 'Song of Myself' wrote about human vices and his selfishness and self-centeredness.

Similarly, Hughes wrote the poems to speak about social vices. In his poem 'Dream Deferred' he wrote about the life of people when dream is denied to them. The hidden message that one can infer from this poem is that he is also speaking about the lives of the blacks people who were denied to live the life of their dream and denied basic rights.