THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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They are all in places that have been influenced by black people.
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They are all located in western Africa.
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They’re known as the most beautiful rivers in the world.
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They are all deep rivers with wide banks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In line 2, the speaker describes the “rivers” that he or she has “known” as “older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” In this case, the “blood” serves as a symbol or synecdoche for human beings themselves. In other words, the speaker is saying that the rivers are older than humans as a species.
Detailed explanation-2: -After his grandmother’s death, he and his mother moved to half a dozen cities before reaching Cleveland, where they settled. He wrote the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” the summer after his graduation from high school in Cleveland; it was published in The Crisis in 1921 and brought him considerable attention.
Detailed explanation-3: -Line 1: The “rivers” mentioned are part of an extended metaphor that likens the soul of the black community to the ancient, wise, and enduring great rivers of the earth. Line 1 and Line 11: In these lines we hear the refrain of the line, “I’ve known rivers, ” as it is repeated.
Detailed explanation-4: -Meaning. Hughes wrote ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ in order to celebrate the strength of Black heritage and perseverance. his speaker goes through the poem informing the reader that he or she has seen the world along the banks of famous, historically important rivers.