Langston Hughes electrifies readers and launched a renaissance in black writing in America. The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of black men and women, the poor, and the lovesick. Helping the African-American male gain praise in the poetic and musical world Hughes conveyed an experience that turned poetic lines into the phrases of lyrical blues. Leading the new century with greatness it can clearly be said that Langston Hughes was one of the great …showed first 75 words of 569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 569 total…three, “Little Old Letter”, does not follow the basic format of blues when looking at the lines. When looking closer it can be seen that it does follow the common iambic trochee that the lyrical blues format covers. This proves that Hughes knew what he was doing. Hughes knew about meter, knew about rhyme scheme and knew that the blues did not need to follow the line format that is most widespread in blues lyrics.