I must admit that the poem I read for today made me laugh a little because Hughes's work "The Blues" is very short and blunt in its message. According to the poem, obviously, a person has what is called the "blues" when things are not going well. You might say that this condition is when a person is all out of luck. The author at times can be wordy, but this work definitely does not drag-out his meaning. Actually, I wish that the author would have said more. Regardless of the length, I appreciate that Hughes makes his poems fairly literal and easy to understand.
Resources:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/poems/16966
The Blues by Langston Hughes
When the shoe strings break
On both your shoes
And you're in a hurry-
That's the blues.
When you go to buy a candy bar
And you've lost the dime you had-
Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere-
That's the blues, too, and bad!
On both your shoes
And you're in a hurry-
That's the blues.
When you go to buy a candy bar
And you've lost the dime you had-
Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere-
That's the blues, too, and bad!
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