Imitation 2: Bob Dylan, " Like A Rolling Stone"

The 1960’s song that I chose is one created by Bob Dylan, called “Like A Rolling Stone”. It is about a woman who thought of herself to be better than everyone else because of what she had at the time, but then lost everything and the song asks her, how does it feel, due to that fact that she is leaving in that persons’ shoe now. The context is written to teach the woman a lesson, and grasp her attention that karma eventually caught up to her. The song is written to boast to the woman that she has nothing now, and she is no different from the poor people she used to look down upon. The rhyme scheme to this song is written in (a, b, c, b, dd, ee) form. The literary devices that Bob Dylan used are inside rhyme scheme, ending rhyme scheme.

Imitation 1: Poem Jose de Diego, En La Brecha

       The poem En La Brecha by Jose de Diego, is a poem of empowerment for one to fight for something that they want with anger and honor. This poem is written in Spanish and was created to advocate to his people to fight to become an independent country, by all means necessary. It is also a confessional poem to the Puerto Rican culture. Jose de Diego, is confessing how he feels his people should act upon this issue and encourages them to arise, to return, and resist. The rhyme scheme is (a, bb, aa, bb, a) and he uses lots of metaphors and similes. Jose de Diego describes a person’s anger to be like a rain storm to emphasize the rage he wants his people to obtain. Also he leads an example of how his people must fight back with power by comparing it to the roaring of a beast.

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain by Langston Hughes, the author is confessing how he feels about the Negro community and artist. Langston Hughes discusses the fact that people feel to great is to be white American and not their true self. The word “white” is praised while the word “negro” is looked down upon. He critiques the way a Negro of a higher class would act compared to one of a lower class.

Langston Hughes brings upon valid points about the worries of a Negro artist, and how the Negro artist has to worry about the opinions others. How he wants to be true to himself, but his people are afraid of criticism. They want to be spoken about as nicely as possible and not stay true to their culture. While the white folks want the Negro artist to mock and be humorous about his culture. They do not want to be compared or equality. Either way, whether the Negro artist has great reviews about his work, the public eye fails to realize his greatest because they cannot accept the truth.

            I like the message that Langston Hughes was providing to his audience, which I believe heads towards the Negro community. The message that I got from this work piece is to stay true to yourself and to be proud of who you are and where you come from. To be “Negro” is to be both ugly and beautiful just like “White America.”