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The poem meditates on the way that the song channels the suffering and injustice of the black experience in America, transforming that suffering into something beautiful and cathartic. The poem thus reflects on the immense beauty of black art—and the immense pain that lies beneath it.
- Detailed Analysis
- Structure
- Historical Context
Lines 1-3
The first line of ‘The Weary Blues’ begins by describing the music as “drowsy” and “syncopated.” The former is a musical term that means that the beats, accents, or rhythmof a piece are intentionally misplaced. This specific aural landscape, coupled with the image of a man “rocking back and forth” as he croons creates an almost haunting image in the mind of the reader. Another thing to note is that the first few lines establish a single, individual speaker. It’s likely the speaker is a member...
Lines 4-7
This group of lines continues to add definition to the scene created in the piece. The reader immediately learns the location of the poem’s setting, Lenox Avenue, long a haven for jazz and Blues. The fifth line of ‘The Weary Blues’adds to the eerie feeling cultivated. The streets are not just lit by lights; they are lit by gaslights giving off a “pale dull pallor.” This is also another example of how musical terms, such as “dull” are used repeatedly to describe the night. The repetition of “H...
Lines 8-11
Next, as hands crawl across ivory keys, we learn more about the performer and performance. The second line is most likely a reference to segregation, which was, at the time, a reality around the United States. Black and white are allowed to mingle in the poem, making beautiful music. “Weary Blues” seems to be the name of the song he’s singing, and as I mentioned, the man is playing the piano. Make special note, of that “poor piano.” The man is not just playing, but in keeping with the piece’s...
As previously noted, the poem uses rhyme and rhythm in interesting ways. The composition mimics the shifting structures and patterns of Jazz music. The indented lines are emphasized both on the page and in the reader’s mind as if they are being sung. ‘The Weary Blues’ is written in free verse, but it contains a number of rhyming coupletsthroughout....
‘The Weary Blues’ is from the first collection of Langston Hughes’s poetry, titled ‘The Weary Blues’. Hughes was a prolific writer. He wrote poetry, prose, and plays. He won a number of awards. He was also a social activist. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and traveled the world working as a seaman. He eventually settled in New York, which is wher...
Summary & Analysis. Langston Hughes first published “The Weary Blues” in 1925 in a magazine called Opportunity. This poem went on in the following year to become the title work in Hughes’s first collection, titled The Weary Blues.
"The Weary Blues" is an enjoyable poem and song, yet its message is one of sadness. Reception "The Weary Blues" is one of Hughes's most famous poems. Critics have claimed that the poem is a combination of blues and jazz with personal experiences. It embodies blues as a metaphor and form.
- Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten
- 1931
The poem “The Weary Blues” is about the beauty and pain of black art. The poem is about a black, blue singer who is singing in the bar in the neighborhood of Harlem late into the night. The music of the black man accounts for the pain of being living in a racist society. The music serves as a relief for the speaker.
By Langston Hughes. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night. By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light. He did a lazy sway. . . . He did a lazy sway. . . . To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
by Langston Hughes. Summary. Themes. Questions & Answers. Analysis. The Poem. PDF Cite. “The Weary Blues” is a lyric poem with two voices. The central narrative voice describes an African American...
