Now it is time to write the essay over the poem, and include quotes from the poem, literary elements, and my point of view and theme of the poem. This step in the writing process takes about forty-five minutes at the most, this is the easiest step because all I do is write down all my ideas that I brainstormed in the pre-writing process and it doesn’t matter if it flows correctly, if grammar and mechanics is perfect, and wordcount because that will get fixed in the next process of the writing process. In the introduction, I began by giving background information on the author of the poem Langston Hughes. Then I discussed the speaker and her tone and the main purpose of her writing this poem. After I speak about the speaker than I discuss the literary elements throughout the poem and the theme that I will discuss in the poem. In the first paragraph I will discuss the tone in the poem and then give examples on lines or stanza that changed the tone or impacted the poem greatly. In the beginning of the poem the “Negro Mother” tone was a feeling of an unpleasant experience that had to occur in order that we be free today, the speaker gave the reader the feeling of being depressed, and burden down where she is no longer able to take the beatings and mistreatment. Then I state that as the story goes on, the speaker feelings have changed because she knows that her trials and tribulations aren’t in vain because her main dream was to make sure that the younger generation would be able to be free and have the same rights as the whites. She is now relieved, feels honored, and wants the young African Americans to know never forget what she and other slaves went through and to always demand freedom and continue to carry the torch that they once did for many years. In the second body paragraph I discussed the literary element allusion and I found
Now it is time to write the essay over the poem, and include quotes from the poem, literary elements, and my point of view and theme of the poem. This step in the writing process takes about forty-five minutes at the most, this is the easiest step because all I do is write down all my ideas that I brainstormed in the pre-writing process and it doesn’t matter if it flows correctly, if grammar and mechanics is perfect, and wordcount because that will get fixed in the next process of the writing process. In the introduction, I began by giving background information on the author of the poem Langston Hughes. Then I discussed the speaker and her tone and the main purpose of her writing this poem. After I speak about the speaker than I discuss the literary elements throughout the poem and the theme that I will discuss in the poem. In the first paragraph I will discuss the tone in the poem and then give examples on lines or stanza that changed the tone or impacted the poem greatly. In the beginning of the poem the “Negro Mother” tone was a feeling of an unpleasant experience that had to occur in order that we be free today, the speaker gave the reader the feeling of being depressed, and burden down where she is no longer able to take the beatings and mistreatment. Then I state that as the story goes on, the speaker feelings have changed because she knows that her trials and tribulations aren’t in vain because her main dream was to make sure that the younger generation would be able to be free and have the same rights as the whites. She is now relieved, feels honored, and wants the young African Americans to know never forget what she and other slaves went through and to always demand freedom and continue to carry the torch that they once did for many years. In the second body paragraph I discussed the literary element allusion and I found