The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes by ESL class

Savannah S

savannahstuckey1010 — 2018-03-07 18:40:40 UTC

The line "that poor piano moan with melody" gives the melancholy tone of the poem.

Gillian S

gmsanson2001 — 2018-03-07 18:40:41 UTC

The tone of the poem is melancholy there was a great amount of repetition

Rosa E

2018-03-07 18:40:42 UTC

there was repetition and beautiful lyrics

Tyler D.

2018-03-07 18:40:57 UTC

Right away in the poem, I noticed the rhyme at the end of the lines. I also saw the use of repetition and other sound devices like onomatopoeia, personification, and imagery. The words used in the poem like "drowsy", "lazy", and "melancholy" set the mood and tone of the poem.

Sophia Z.

2018-03-07 18:41:20 UTC

"ebony hands on ivory keys"
"he crooned that tune, the stars went out and so did the moon"

Christopher Hanson

2018-03-07 18:41:29 UTC

Lots of repetition by the use of the word blues over and over. And the use of a metaphor when it says the piano moans. The tone is very melancholy and sad.

A.J. Badia

2018-03-07 18:42:19 UTC

There was rhyming and repetition of words that set the somber mood and expressed the sorrows and troubles of the blues singer.

Karen K

2018-03-07 18:43:00 UTC

A phrase that caught my attention was

^{With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.}

It provided figure of speech such as visual imagery with the color contrast between the pianist and the piano itself. He also used personification to try to write how the piano is playing. There were other figurative language such as repetition that could be used to emphasize specific lines as well as onomatopoeia to describe the sounds.

Ava Arnold

2018-03-07 18:43:45 UTC

there was a lot of repetition and other examples of figurative language

Nick Alvarez

2018-03-07 18:43:53 UTC

A phrase that popped out to me was "The 'Negro' sways back and forth on his stool and plays the mournful tune like a 'musical fool'."

Ezra B.

2018-03-07 18:44:34 UTC

Amanda S

2018-03-07 18:45:32 UTC

He slept like a rock or a man that’s dead.
I found this an interesting way to describe sleep