By Langston Hughes The Poem I dream of the drums And remember Nights without stars in Africa Remember remember remember I dream of the drums And remember Slave ships billowing sails ID: 475688
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Drums
By: Langston HughesSlide2
The Poem
I dream of the drums
And
remember
Nights without stars in Africa.
Remember, remember, remember!
I dream of the drums
And remember
Slave ships, billowing sails,
The Western Ocean,
And the landing at Jamestown.
Remember, remember, remember!
I dream of drums
And recall, like a picture,
Congo Square in New Orleans-
Sunday-the slaves’ one day of “freedom”
The juba-dance in Congo Square.
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I dream of the drums
And hear again
Jelly Roll’s piano,
Buddy Bolden’s trumpet,
Kid
Ory’s
trombone,
St. Cyr’s
bajo
,
They join the drums…
And I remember.
Jazz!
I dream of the drums
And remember
Africa!
The ships!
New shore!
And drums!
Remember!
I remember!
Remember!Slide4
Figurative Language and sound devices
Simile- I recall like a picture Congo Square New Orleans
Repetition of remember, dreams, and drums
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Imagery
Nights without stars in Africa
Billowing sails
Jelly roll’s piano
The landing at
J
amestown
The juba-dance in
congo
square
Sunday-the slaves one day of freedomSlide6
Jack London connection
In Jack London’s stories a common motif that he uses is atavism. He frequently has characters remember instincts and past lives or ancestors. In our poem Langston Hughes is talking about the memories of his ancestors and family. One example is when Buck has the dreams about his ancestor laying by the fire with the hairy man. One example of Langston Hughes ancestors memories is “the landing at Jamestown”. He did not live through this his ancestors did. Jack London and Langston Hughes share a common theme of Atavism. Slide7
Atavism connection
Atavism is an evolutionary throwback. An example of atavism is when someone recalls the memories of past ancestors. In
Drums
Langston Hughes is writing about the memories of his past ancestors or different events that his ancestors went through
. Slide8
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