Question

The poem silhouette by Langston Hughes focused on which southern event?

Answer 1

Langston Hughes tells of a lynching and warns a Southern white of the sight and not to faint.

Answer 2

The poem Silhouette by Langston Hughes focuses on racism. The poem speaks from a white man point of view to a white lady. The man explains to the woman how they hanged a black man to protect her. And implies that the life of a white woman worths more than a life of a black man. For this, Hughes uses sarcasm in many parts, such as “they’ve just hung a black man” using the word just as a meaning of “they only” like hanging someone was no big deal.