Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes Compare and Contrast
Perception of man’s appearance is quite different within a verity of social structures and cultural aspects. In this paper I would like to show controversial biographies of two classic writers, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes; their interpretation of our not always understandable world. Dickinson and Hughes are very different writers by their style and problems, which they portray through their writings. However, there is one characteristic common for both, it is deep ideas in their writing style that makes a reader think and change their perception of their world. Emily Dickinson, in her poem “Frankenstein” expresses her desire for the deceased to be adorned instead with “artery and vain”. Dickinson writes, “Upon fastened Lips lay words/ affiance it again.” She longs to hear her subject of morning speak. Although she is aware that the lips will remain motionless and fastened shut, she portrays her undeniable desire to have the deceased defy the standards of death. She is finding it difficult to accept the prominence of death, and is demanding from some unknown person or power to animate the deceased again with life. Langston Hughes, in his poem “The Weary Blues“, he puts forth images of African-Americans, jazz music, and many more topics that have been a part of his life. These elements are what influenced him, and shows it in the works that he has written. He uses jazz and blues styles for subjects and for structure in this piece of literature. In Hughes' poetry, he would try to bring out the sound, cadence, and rhythms from blues and jazz music. He would also use humor, loneliness, and despair, to imitate the sound of blues and jazz music with words. Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language