1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By: Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By: Brett H and Wilson F

2. Figurative Language “My soul has grown deep like the river” – Simile
“I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep” – Alliteration
“Older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” Metaphor

3. Imagery “Ancient, dusky rivers”
“I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.”

4. Sound Devices
“. . .human blood in human veins.”

5. Mood/Feeling Despair Hard-working
Old (Because they often use the word ‘ancient’)

6. Message/Theme
When he was a slave, he worked very hard and has seen it all basically
He is very old
In every civilization, there is a river and back then almost every civilization had slaves so slaves know rivers well.
Also everybody he knows (friends, family, etc.) have seen those rivers and told him stories about them.

7. Make prediction about ‘Call of the Wild’
Maybe the character is a very hard worker like a slave
Character knows about a lot of rivers around him