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Analysis Of Nothing I Am Wears Those Parentheses By Langston Hughes

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The speaker's use of repetition contributes to the overall message of the poem by highlighting important themes. For example, the speaker ends the first four stanzas with a similar line. In the first stanza, the line is “Nothing I am bears those parentheses”, the second stanza is “No one I know deserves parentheses”, the third stanza is “Nothing I am wears those parentheses”, and the fourth stanza is “Nothing we are, chained by parentheses”. By repeating this phrase or idea, the speaker calls attention to it, showing the reader that within these lines is something important. And when the reader looks closer, he can see that the parentheses are referring back to line 2, when the speaker put “born Chinese” in parentheses. This highlights the
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