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Rhyme Scheme Of Harlem By Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902. He died at the age of 55. Hughes was born & raised in Joplin, Missouri. Standing 5’4, Langston was a social activist, novelist, & a columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called Jazz Poetry. His poem “Harlem” was published in 1957.
The poem “Harlem” has 3 stanzas. There are no stanza patterns though. For example, in the first stanza there’s 7 lines, while in the second stanza there are 2 lines. Langston also used rhyme scheme in his poem.The rhyme scheme is A, B, C, B, D, E, D, A, B, & A. For example, in the first stanza line 2, it says “Like a raisin in the sun” & on the 4th line it says “And then run”. Hughes also used repetition in his poem. The word

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