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Another technique Hughes uses can be found within the effect that his choice of vocabulary provokes. Hughes's vivid description of the events of his poems opens the reader's eyes to the severity of the hardships faced by African-Americans of the time. For example, in his poem "Third Degree," which describes the beating of a black man by the police in order to "encourage" him to confess to a crime, the words "Blood on my sport shirt" and "Three kicks between the legs" are used. This vivid description makes it clear to the reader brutality of the event and introduces him or her to the world of agony faced by many African-Americans at during the Harlem Renaissance. severity |
