Comparison Between 'Negro And We Real Cool'

I somewhat agree with Theodor Ardono. I do not believe that poetry can counter the world’s evil. However, I strongly believe that poetry can empower and give hope. It is not useless if it can create a strong message. Although words are a powerful weapon, they cannot completely destroy evil. Assuming it could, events such as the world wars would have never had such a large number of casualties. It would have been stopped through diplomacy. Powerful poems like Langston Hughes’s “Negro” and Brooks’s “We Real Cool” and are brilliant examples that poetry can create strong messages. Both poems show struggle. The first one is a struggle of an entire nation, which can be seen with lines such as “I’ve been a slave/Ceasar told me to keep his door-steps