The poem Harlem by Langston Hughes, is one that I really like. It talks about what happens when people don't follow their dreams by using an intricate writing style. This writing style is one that includes both the meaningful message and many writing techniques that help the poem flow when it is being read. The writing techniques used also help emphasize the message the author is trying to send.
In the poem Harlem, Langston Hughes very deliberately uses a certain format for his poem. Starting on the second line, Hughes uses contrast in his poem in every line. He asks if it drys up or if it gets bigger, if it is like rotten meat or sweet sugar, if it sags or explodes. He compares different things that are either 'good' or 'bad'.
This contrasting method he uses is how he sends his message to us. By using two opposite possibilities to describe possible outcomes of a dream deffered Hughes is saying that either can happen. He is saying that anything can happen, and that the only was to figure out is by following that dream an living it. The dream can die, but it can also explode and change life in a good way. He is showing us through this poem that we have to take that chance if we want great things in life.
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