Still Here Analysis

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I been scared and battered.

My hopes the wind done scattered.Snow has friz me,Sun has baked me,Looks like between 'em they doneTried to make meStop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'--But I don't care!I'm still here!

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I am trying to find out when this poem was written?

| Posted on 2011-06-12 | by a guest

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The poem “Still Here” by Langston Hughes is a very great and beautiful poem about a man and all that he’s been through. The poem has a very soft, or slow tone, it shows a lot about the way Langston Hughes feel about the way he’s been treated while growing up. In the poem he says, “I been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered.” To me this is talking about the way he has always been treated, he’s been hurt and pushed around and all his dreams have been crushed. In this poem Langston Hughes used a strange way of writing, like he didn’t have a big understanding of the English language. From my knowledge of Langston Hughes, or without even knowing anything about him, I could tell this poem was written in the 1900’s. I don’t see much figurative language in this poem or any specific form of poetry, or not even a constant rhyme scheme. But it has a great message and that is that, even though he’s gone through a lot he keeps his life going and he’s been treated so lowly and has almost nothing to live for. He doesn’t trade laughter in, he doesn’t forget love, and he definitely never stop living, he’s just to let everyone know, hey I\'m still here. This relates a lot to how Langston Hughes grew up around a lot of racism and it can relate to anyone else who is struggling through life.

| Posted on 2011-02-27 | by a guest

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The poem “Still Here” by Langston Hughes is a very great and beautiful poem about a man and all that he’s been through. The poem has a very soft, or slow tone, it shows a lot about the way Langston Hughes feel about the way he’s been treated while growing up. In the poem he says, “I been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered.” To me this is talking about the way he has always been treated, he’s been hurt and pushed around and all his dreams have been crushed. In this poem Langston Hughes used a strange way of writing, like he didn’t have a big understanding of the English language. From my knowledge of Langston Hughes, or without even knowing anything about him, I could tell this poem was written in the 1900’s. I don’t see much figurative language in this poem or any specific form of poetry, or not even a constant rhyme scheme. But it has a great message and that is that, even though he’s gone through a lot he keeps his life going and he’s been treated so lowly and has almost nothing to live for. He doesn’t trade laughter in, he doesn’t forget love, and he definitely never stop living, he’s just to let everyone know, hey I\'m still here. This relates a lot to how Langston Hughes grew up around a lot of racism and it can relate to anyone else who is struggling through life.

| Posted on 2011-02-27 | by a guest

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This is a beautiful. It has so much writen into it. Even though this man has gone through the battle in Hell he still living his life.
The use of dialect in this story makes it a lot better. It shows this mans background.
This seems to be the story of a slave. It shows how slaves where. It took a lot to break their confidence. Even though they've gone through a lot they keep there life going. They don't trade laughter in. They don't forget love. All this leading to them keeping their life even if they couldn't have their freedom and living it best they could.
Even though this is short it hold power. It shows a lot of feeling and gives me the picture of a black man standing in the feilds amongst other blacks leading them in a song just to let eveyone know, hey I'm still here.

| Posted on 2009-03-29 | by a guest

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This is a beautiful. It has so much writen into it. Even though this man has gone through the battle in Hell he still living his life.

The use of dialect in this story makes it a lot better. It shows this mans background.

This seems to be the story of a slave. It shows how slaves where. It took a lot to break their confidence. Even though they've gone through a lot they keep there life going. They don't trade laughter in. They don't forget love. All this leading to them keeping their life even if they couldn't have their freedom and living it best they could.

Even though this is short it hold power. It shows a lot of feeling and gives me the picture of a black man standing in the feilds amongst other blacks leading them in a song just to let eveyone know, hey I'm still here.

| Posted on 2004-09-15 | by Raineyes