A comparative analysis of Harlem and Altar topic, theme and figurative language-英语论文.docVIP

A comparative analysis of Harlem and Altar: topic, theme and figurative language This essay will look at two poems, ‘Harlem’ by Langston Hughes and ‘Altar’ by Marilyn Chin and analyzes the topics, the themes and figurative languages, especially in the use of figurative language. The aim of this paper is to compare the two poems and find the similarity of them which is topic and the differences of them which are theme and the use of figurative language. Both poems ‘Harlem’ and ‘Altar’ have a similar topic that is about the American dream. The readers can find that from the following exa