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Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks Of Rivers

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Hughes Langston. The Negro Speaks of Rivers. Joplin: MO, 1902 - 1967.

The speaker Langston Hughes claims that he has known rivers as “ ancient as the world “ older than the blood that flows in our veins. Hughes claims that his soul has grown deep, just like the rivers.

The poem “ The Negro Speaks of Rivers “ is the first poem wrote by Langston Hughes in the year 1920 at 17 years old. The negro speaks of rivers wasn 't about Harlem but many of the issues listed in his poem were about the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem he connects himself with his ancestry. Langston Hughes mentions in his poems about 4 rivers. One river which was called the Euphrates, which archaeologists usually label as the birthplace of human civilization. These rivers
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