Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" ?
Correct answer: C. It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity.
- A. It is a meditation on the alienation of the modern person from nature.
- B. It is a meditation on the cultural isolation of African Americans in New England.
- C. It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity.
- D. It is a meditation on the poet's personal experience of assimilation.
Explanation
The poem connects the speaker to ancient rivers and generations, making personal identity part of a shared African and human history. Its “I” represents a communal memory rather than merely Hughes’s private experience.
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