Theme For English B Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DEFEGEH IJ KLCJCMNOPQRB BKIBCSKCCCKBK K| The instructor said | A |
| - | |
| Go home and write | B |
| a page tonight | B |
| And let that page come out of you | C |
| Then it will be true | C |
| - | |
| I wonder if it's that simple | D |
| I am twenty two colored born in Winston Salem | E |
| I went to school there then Durham then here | F |
| to this college on the hill above Harlem | E |
| I am the only colored student in my class | G |
| The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem | E |
| through a park then I cross St Nicholas | H |
| Eighth Avenue Seventh and I come to the Y | - |
| the Harlem Branch Y where I take the elevator | I |
| up to my room sit down and write this page | J |
| - | |
| It's not easy to know what is true for you or me | K |
| at twenty two my age But I guess I'm what | L |
| I feel and see and hear Harlem I hear you | C |
| hear you hear me we two you me talk on this page | J |
| I hear New York too Me who | C |
| Well I like to eat sleep drink and be in love | M |
| I like to work read learn and understand life | N |
| I like a pipe for a Christmas present | O |
| or records Bessie bop or Bach | P |
| I guess being colored doesn't make me not like | Q |
| the same things other folks like who are other races | R |
| So will my page be colored that I write | B |
| - | |
| Being me it will not be white | B |
| But it will be | K |
| a part of you instructor | I |
| You are white | B |
| yet a part of me as I am a part of you | C |
| That's American | S |
| Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me | K |
| Nor do I often want to be a part of you | C |
| But we are that's true | C |
| As I learn from you | C |
| I guess you learn from me | K |
| although you're older and white | B |
| and somewhat more free | K |
| - | |
| This is my page for English B | K |
Langston Hughes
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Theme For English B
Theme For English B is a poem by Langston Hughes. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Theme For English B poem by Langston Hughes
Best Poems of Langston Hughes