slave 2 the rhythm

AlthoughHenryWadsworthLongfellow’slifewascomfortable,hehad

1842,

lyricpoem,heshowedhisshameofAmerican’sslaveryandwasagainstit

mIhavechontodiscussisTheSlave’nly

showsLongfellow’ssympathyforslavesbutalsorevealedthecrueltyof

drivers.

Inthefirststanza,redness,

helaybesidetheungatheredriceanddreamtadreamthathesawhisNative

,ms,hecouldget

econdstanza,hedreamthebecameaking.

Herethefirstimportantimageappears.“King”isthesymboloffreedomand

hird

stanza,hedreamtheandhiswifeandhischildrengatheredtogetherhappily.

Iguessbecauoflongtermparatingfromslaves’hometownandfamily

members,ourthstanza,he

dreamtherodeonahoralongtheNiger’ifthstanza,

e

condimportantimageappears.“Flamingo”,we

ixthstanza,heheardthelionroar,the

hyenascreamsandtheriver-hor,eam

iswecanehehadfreed

enthstanzareads“The

forests,withtheirmyriadtongues,shoutedofliberty.”Byusing

personification“theforestsshouted”,theauthoractuallyconveyedthatthe

aststanza,wecomebackrealityfromhis

earlytodie,becauhecouldnotstandthedrivers’whip

dyingdidheescapefromthecruel

inion,

way,theauthorrevealedthedrivers’mercilessnessandcruelty.

Byreadingthepoem,

notonlyconcernedaboutthefateofslavesbutalsoexpresdindignationat

ametime,herevealedthedrivers’every

thepowerofhispoem.