I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine! Next Poem Back to Langston Hughes...
Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank.I came up once and hollered!I came up twice and cried!If that water hadn't a-been so coldI might've sunk and died.But it was Cold in ...
'Life is Fine', written by the American poet Langston Hughes, is a poem that deals with the theme of suicide and depression.
In the poem “Life is Fine”, Langston Hughes, the poet, also a novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, expresses his optimism after his attempts of ending his life which in turn end up making him feel alive. He comments “Since I’m still livin’ here, I guess I’ll live on” ...
The rain is given the quality of a caregiver singing a lullaby with an almost hypnotic sound. The power of solitude I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn’t,So I jumped in and sank. Hughes’ poem ‘Life is Fine’ In these lines, the ...
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of all time, Langston Hughes. It was called "As Befits a Man", and it's about a funeral, but it's not morbid or even about death, really. It straddles the line between mourning the loss of life and celebrating that life. It's not a long poem, so I'm going to read it to ...
Big Sur is one of my favorite books ever, but “Sea: Sounds of the Pacific Ocean at Big Sur”, the poem he composed during the events fictionalized in that novel, is nonsense to me. To be fair, though, I’ve never had to deal with sudden, overwhelming fame or alcohol withdrawal-...
poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” and I’m sure it helped my feelings of security. Because in that poem he [Langston Hughes] tells how great the black man is: And if I had any misgivings, which I would have to have–here you are in a setup where the restaurants won’t serve...