Langston+Hughes+(Life+is+Fine)

Summary: //Life is Fine// by Langston Hughes is about a woman who is contemplating whether or not to kill herself because of an unwanted pregnancy. In the first two stanzas the women wants to drown herself but won’t do it because the water is too cold. Once she jumps in she resurfaces and hollered about the water being so cold. And then she says if the water wasn’t so cold I would have died. The next two stanzas talk about how the woman wants to jump from the top of a building but won’t because it’s too high. She thinks about her baby on the way to the top floor and gets there, and breaks down crying and then she says if I wasn’t so high I might have died. The last two stanzas the women expresses how she didn’t exceed in killing herself but she thinks it might be better to keep on living. She then tells her baby that she will be dogged if you will see me die. Excerpts: The woman’s desire to live is still there or else the height of the building wouldn’t have mattered or the temperature of the river. When someone truly wants to kill themselves nothing else matters except for them to die. It was her willingness to stay alive that in the end kept her from killing herself. Another thing I noticed was how life put this woman through the challenges of having a baby and the adversity she went through. In the end it made her stronger. Life has all the miseries to pull us down when we give up but, if we pull through it gives us the power to stand up again. Reflection: This poem was great; it had a huge meaning behind it. This poem changed the way I looked at life in some ways. It made me think about the good things in life rather than all the bad things that have happened to me. Be thankful for what you have not what you don’t have. It also taught me too cherish life, live life to the fullest. The poem really didn’t come across to me as this but it made me think about my life and general and how I can change my attitude towards life. It also taught me no matter how tuff life may get or how bad things are around me, keep pushing forward and don’t look back. Life is getting you stronger by throwing adversity at you.

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 cold I might've sunk and died.   //But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!//  I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I thought about my baby <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">And thought I would jump down. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I stood there and I hollered! <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I stood there and I cried! <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If it hadn't a-been so high <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I might've jumped and died. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //But it was High up there! It was high!// <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">So since I'm still here livin', <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I guess I will live on. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I could've died for love-- <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">But for livin' I was born <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Though you may hear me holler, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">And you may see me cry-- <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I'll be dogged, sweet baby, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If you gonna see me die. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!// ||  ||