He's speaking about his ancestry and the meaning of rivers for the Negro people. the "I" is not just the poet, but the Negro people and their history..
It’s interesting that the title is framed to as if it’s a third person observer while the poem itself is from a first person perspective of the history and cultural relevance of rivers. In the context for development of civilizations, rivers and bodies of water are known to be fundamental to prosperity because of several reasons. Trade routes, water for crops, hunting, and fishing. Langston gives makes the humanity of this environment apparent. “Bathing in the Euphrates” and “building in the Congo with the river lulling him to sleep.” I think the purpose of his title is to draw observers into this sense of a people through those important historic cultural signifiers of ancestral lands and tie it to the American identity. I cheated a little bit since I came from an audio recording of Langston Hughs explaining why he included the reference to Lincoln and the Mississippi River.
Why is that? Maybe I can have you bawling again, if bawling is a good thing. What do you think about this Langston Hughes poem? th-cam.com/video/Q0jNhXF_BC8/w-d-xo.html
@@CarterCurriculaTV haha... it was just funny how you said it.... about the poem, i loved it so much i chose it for an assignment, i am presenting it tomorrow for Afro American Literature
also,,, i think the common denomator to all rivers is slavery... google each river plus slavery... so when abe comes, he frees the slaves and he sees sunset from the dusky slavery.. i stand to be corrected though,
Just a comment, the Euphrates is actually in Asia not Africa however I believe in genesis it’s said the Euphrates was one of the rivers that came out of the garden of Eden so I think this might be why he mentions that one. Besides that, I know basically nothing about poetry but your analysis seemed pretty good lol
@@tawonga_divine while the Middle East is between Africa and Asia, I don’t think it’s generally considered as a whole to be part of both continents. And from what I can tell from Google, the only countries it goes through are considered Asian countries, turkey, Syria, a few others.
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He's speaking about his ancestry and the meaning of rivers for the Negro people.
the "I" is not just the poet, but the Negro people and their history..
Thank you for your insight! What do you think about this Langston Hughes poem? th-cam.com/video/Q0jNhXF_BC8/w-d-xo.html
It’s interesting that the title is framed to as if it’s a third person observer while the poem itself is from a first person perspective of the history and cultural relevance of rivers.
In the context for development of civilizations, rivers and bodies of water are known to be fundamental to prosperity because of several reasons. Trade routes, water for crops, hunting, and fishing.
Langston gives makes the humanity of this environment apparent. “Bathing in the Euphrates” and “building in the Congo with the river lulling him to sleep.”
I think the purpose of his title is to draw observers into this sense of a people through those important historic cultural signifiers of ancestral lands and tie it to the American identity.
I cheated a little bit since I came from an audio recording of Langston Hughs explaining why he included the reference to Lincoln and the Mississippi River.
the 'whaaat' when talking anout the mississipi had me bawling.... lol , 8.42
Why is that? Maybe I can have you bawling again, if bawling is a good thing. What do you think about this Langston Hughes poem? th-cam.com/video/Q0jNhXF_BC8/w-d-xo.html
@@CarterCurriculaTV haha... it was just funny how you said it.... about the poem, i loved it so much i chose it for an assignment, i am presenting it tomorrow for Afro American Literature
@@magdalenekatiti6650 plz share how it goes…
also,,, i think the common denomator to all rivers is slavery... google each river plus slavery... so when abe comes, he frees the slaves and he sees sunset from the dusky slavery.. i stand to be corrected though,
Thank for the comment! I'll do more research as time permits.
The Black Man is speaking of a Time known before this Time. Get it? Think of "Creations"
Thank you for your insight! What do you think about this Langston Hughes poem? th-cam.com/video/Q0jNhXF_BC8/w-d-xo.html
He changed from "i" to "my" for whatever reason 😂bruh...
But ur commentary and expression i loved it
Just a comment, the Euphrates is actually in Asia not Africa however I believe in genesis it’s said the Euphrates was one of the rivers that came out of the garden of Eden so I think this might be why he mentions that one. Besides that, I know basically nothing about poetry but your analysis seemed pretty good lol
Thank you for your comment and correction. What do you think about this Langston Hughes poem? th-cam.com/video/Q0jNhXF_BC8/w-d-xo.html
Actually it's by the middle east region meaning its both in africa and Asia..
@@tawonga_divine while the Middle East is between Africa and Asia, I don’t think it’s generally considered as a whole to be part of both continents. And from what I can tell from Google, the only countries it goes through are considered Asian countries, turkey, Syria, a few others.