Thursday, March 13, 2008

Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank.I came up once and hollered!I came up twice and cried!If that water hadn't a-been so coldI might've sunk and died.But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!I took the elevatorSixteen floors above the ground.I thought about my babyAnd thought I would jump down.I stood there and I hollered!I stood there and I cried!If it hadn't a-been so highI might've jumped and died.But it was High up there! It was high!So since I'm still here livin',I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--But for livin' I was bornThough you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die.Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

The reason i chose this poem was because, I too believe that life is fine! I found the way he related suicide to life, and his women.

The way the title fits the poem, is how at one moment he hates life enough to kill him self. Then he some how saves his self by his fears of height and cold water.

In the poem he uses personification and imagery to paint a picture of the events he went through when he says "i took the elevator 16 floors off the ground" and "i jumped into the water"

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