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Essay heading: Langston hughes the negro speaks of rivers
 
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Hughes uses the Abe Lincoln as a symbol of American slavery which was a transformation of slaves into free men.
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The poem must be critically analyzed to fully understand the essence of Hughes writing. The use of the "I" throughout the poem refers to the black people as a hole, not as an individual person. The "rivers" are used as a metaphor for Hughes illustrates the poem to be direct and comprehensible. He is now a black man who has experienced the pain of slavery and racism, and his soul now has the trademark of these experiences...
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