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16 mar 2022 · I chose these works for how they built upon classic blues (blues that follows the standard AAB lyrical structure and common themes of love, longing, suffering, and travel) by addressing an ecological concern, as in “Backwater Blues,” or innovating the classical structure, as in “Too Blue,” and “Duplex.”.
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‘The language and poetry of the blues’ explores the lyrical component of the blues. Modern scholars treat the blues primarily as a musical style, but early scholars also studied blues songs as a form of folk poetry, arising from the common language of African Americans.
What makes a poem sound pleasing to the ear? A solid rhythm for one thing—something we know a good song also depends on. There are two poetic forms that began as song forms: the ballad stanza of British and American literature and the blues stanzas of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
11 gru 2023 · Here's what the Blues poetry form is. Learn all about Blues poems in plain English with examples in this in-depth article. Let's get started!
In 1930, funded by Mrs Mason, Langston Hughes went to Cuba and met many writers and artists there. His blues poems influenced one poet, Nicolás Guillén, to write ‘Motivos de Son’ (1930), hailed as the first ‘Negro’ poems in Cuba. Here are two poems from that period.
The Blues Poems of Langston Hughes. by David Chinitz. While the adaptation of oral culture to literary ends is never uncomplicated, the accommodation of blues to poetry presents particular difficulties. "Blues," writes folk musicologist Paul Oliver, "is for singing.
by Maya Angelou. ‘Country Lover’ by Maya Angelou is a blues-inspired poem that uses the rhythm of music to depict a country dance scene. The poem is only six lines long and is filled with imagery. Blues music is mentioned specifically in the first line of the first stanza.
