"Hold fast to dreams. for when dreams go,life is a barren field frozen with snow."
Langston Hughes
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. In the poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Hughes informs the readers on his familiarity with the rivers. In the poem he states, "I've known rivers", which the audience could assume that there has been a great amount of time since he had an encountered with the rivers. Moreover, this also tells the audience that he has spent quality time setting by the rivers. When Hughes states, “My soul has grown deep like the rivers, this means that he has an connection with the Earth and that he understands it.
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