Langston Hughs wrote mostly about the lives and culture of black American during the Harlem Renaissance era. One poem that we read got my attention, this was “Dream Boogie”. This poem has a young child who is speaking to a father, the child speaks about “the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred”. The dream could be many different things, it may be that they could feel something coming a situation that would change and hopefully get better. Whatever troubles they may have been having will soon be over, they can see they dream coming true.

The poem also mentions the beat and asks “you think it's a happy beat?” this gives an impression that maybe the boogie-woogie has an underlining hardship attached with it. That possibly this is a cover-up for the true feelings and trials of life. It is also showing that the character is an optimist, because they refuse to even mention any negatives, this is the idea that you should always hope for the best and do not jinx it with any negative ideas.