On "The Weary Blues" In The Big Sea Hughes reported that his "Weary Blues," which won him his first poetry prize, "included the first blues [he's] ever heard way back in Lawrence, Kansas, when [he] was a kid." In "The Weary Blues" Hughes dealt with the blues singer and his song in relation to the speaker of the poem.
The only stage direction is for every character to leave, letting Hamlet have his monologue. It allows the reader or listener to relate to Hamlet. It also usually shows exposition in the storyline.