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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He rose up on his dying bed / and asked for fish
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Friendship; Negroes; American Blacks
First Line: He rose up on his dying bed / and asked for fish
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Friendship; Negroes; American Blacks
He rose up on his dying bed
and asked for fish.
His wife looked it up in her dream book
and played it.
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