Langston Hughes uses simile, rhyme, and alliteration in his 1951 poem “Harlem.” The 11-line poem is composed of four stanzas and six questions, with a conjecture in the fourth stanza. Hughes was strongly influenced by African American popular music, and the musicality is evident in the poem’s rhythm and rhyme.
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