![]() these are things we sometime’s do,” They both use first person singular, yet Spellman uses first person singular and second person. For instance: “When black people are with each other we sometimes fear ourselves/ whisper over our shoulders about unmentionable acts & sometimes we/ fight and lie. ![]() The pronouns used are: “I’ve”, “my” and “I.” For example: “I built my hut upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.” In “When Blacks Are”, Spellman switches back and forth between first person singular, first person plural and second person POVs, using the pronouns: “we, “ourselves”, “I”, “our”, “you’re’’, “I’m” and “us”. ![]() “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is written entirely in first person singular. The two poems are both written in first person. The point-of-view of the poems, or POV, are once again similar but different. Also with Spellman’s poem, as with Langston Hughes’, there is repetition of words but there is no rhyme pattern: “& the white army moves like thieves in the night mass producing/ beautiful black copies & then stealing them away while my frequent/ death watches me from orangeburg on Cronkite & I’m oiling my gun &/ cooking my food & and saying “when the time comes” to myself &/ over, hopefully.” They have similar format and both have some elements of rhyme, but other than that they have nothing in common. There is slight rhyme because of the repetition of rivers: “ My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” “I’ve known rivers:/ Ancient, dusky rivers./ My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” Spellman’s poem is also written free verse but is composed in stanzas with a rhyme scheme of: a, b, c ,d ,b, e, f, g, c, h, i, j, j, b, j, k, l, k, m, n, l, o. Hughes’ poem is composed of twelve lines and written in free verse, with a rhyme scheme of: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, c, c, c. The structures of the poems are noticeably different just by looking at them but are similar in format. these are something’s we sometimes do.” These themes show that they have a common topic but their themes are still different This is shown in the first stanza when he says: “When black people are with each other we sometimes fear ourselves/ whisper over our shoulders about unmentionable acts & sometimes we/ fight and lie. In Spellman’s poem he talks about how modern African-Americans are either united and fighting each other, or united and fighting an outside force. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.” Hughes’ used the names of rivers to emphasize the idea of all people having history since all the rivers are on different continents. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. This is done in lines four, five, and six: “I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. Hughes’ poem is about all people having history as one he talks about the idea of being truly united regardless. Spellman and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes are two completely different yet similar works: this is because not only are the theme of the poems different, but the structure and the point of view that the poems are written in, are also different: but they also have similar attributes.īetween the two poems the themes are different yet slightly similar. The two poems “When Black People Are” by A.
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