AIM: Can I Identify the Literary Devices in Langston Hughes, “Po’ Boy Blues” and “The
Weary Blues”?
DO NOW: Go over HomeworkHomework: Read “What is Blues”
and answer the questions.
• Po’ Boy Blues– Written by Langston
Hughes– Written around 1926-
1927– Rhyme scheme of AB AB
• The Weary Blues– Written by Langston
Hughes– Written in 1925– awarded best poem of
the year by Urban League Magazine
Literary Devices
• Simile• Personification• Onomoatopoeia• Alliteration• Symbolism• Allusion
• Idiom• Hyperbole• Metaphor• Assonance• Rhyme• Tone/Mood
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