Langston Hughes
1902 - 1967
Reading Response to Dream Boogie
This poem seems to have an upbeat and happy tone. The words chosen seem like lyrics to the song the Boogie Woogie. When I read it, I read it to the rhythm and beats to that song. It seems that it is being performed by a entertainer who is arousing a crowd to join in the singing of the lyrics.
The social consciousness of this makes you aware of how it makes you feel while you are reading it. This poem uses the form of B-bop to represent the urban black American life during the 1920s.
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