Langston Hughes wrote many great poems, but the one I will be focusing on today is called Ballad of the Landlord. (Read the Poem). After reading the poem one begins to wonder what Hughes is trying to say in his poem or what point he’s …show more content…
In the lines “My roof has sprung a leak” and “These steps is broken down”, these are things the tenant is asking to be changed and he doesn’t mind paying his rent once these demands get fixed. It becomes sort of like a protest in which the tenant is like you fix the house and I will pay, but until then he’s not paying anything. This also relates to the time era in which they had a lot protesting going on, some were peaceful and some were violent. In this case it went from peacefully to a little aggressive when the tenant stated he would put his hands on the landlord, this created a theme of time period where people demanded for change and if they didn’t they would take matters in their own hands. Once this theme was created by Hughes it gave a realistic view point about what will really happen if you try to stand up for yourself they will call you out as if you were disturbing the peace and immediately get you