Harlem was one of the most important poems written by one of the most famous 20th century African-American poets—— Langston Hughes. The poem concentrates on ＂a deferred American Dream＂, that is, how the conditions of a black people whose dreams have been limited, put off, or lost in Harlem after post-World War II. At the same time, Harlem manages to evoke nearly a century of African-American history through a series of brief, bluesy, thought, provoking questions,that aim to immerse the reader in the imagery of despair and disappointment. By...
