Lungston Hughes Landlord
Essay #2; WRIT 105
Charlie Wongsarojana
Words Count 940
"Ballad of the Landlord"
"Ballad of the Landlord" is the poem written in 1951 by Lungston Hughes. The poet voices about racism against black people in the United States. He gives an examples of a simple black man who is put in jail because of his improper talkings against a white man. The black man is a tenant who is treated like a subhuman by the landlord, the police, the press and the judge in the white dominate society. The poet expresses the poem in regular meter and rhyme through out the poem. He uses simple and straight words which is seem plain but sincere.
In the first two stanzas, the black tenant, the main voice of the poem, complains to the landlord about the leaking roof and the broken steps at his rental house needed to be repaired. The house is in a life-threatening …show more content…
The landlord is not supposed to complain about the rent because the tenant hasn't been late in paying the rent yet. It is inproper and unlawful act of the landlord. If the tenant is late, the landlord then can give the tenant a notice to pay or leave both in written or verbal notice. The house is in a life-threatening conditions: "My roof sprung a leak / These steps is broken down" (line 2 and 6) but the landlord never hear the tenant's needs, a safe and secure living place as a human being. The author characterizes the landlord as an extremely unresonable person who is not only irresponsible for his duties but also abuses his power. The tenant is willing to pay twice the rent: "Well, that's ten bucks more'n I'll pay you / Till you fix this house up new" (line 11-12) if only the landlord fixes the house like new. The tenant strongly repeats aloud "Ten Bucks" three times to show the money is a boiling topic which triggers the trouble. It is also show how greedy the landlord
Charlie Wongsarojana
Words Count 940
"Ballad of the Landlord"
"Ballad of the Landlord" is the poem written in 1951 by Lungston Hughes. The poet voices about racism against black people in the United States. He gives an examples of a simple black man who is put in jail because of his improper talkings against a white man. The black man is a tenant who is treated like a subhuman by the landlord, the police, the press and the judge in the white dominate society. The poet expresses the poem in regular meter and rhyme through out the poem. He uses simple and straight words which is seem plain but sincere.
In the first two stanzas, the black tenant, the main voice of the poem, complains to the landlord about the leaking roof and the broken steps at his rental house needed to be repaired. The house is in a life-threatening …show more content…
The landlord is not supposed to complain about the rent because the tenant hasn't been late in paying the rent yet. It is inproper and unlawful act of the landlord. If the tenant is late, the landlord then can give the tenant a notice to pay or leave both in written or verbal notice. The house is in a life-threatening conditions: "My roof sprung a leak / These steps is broken down" (line 2 and 6) but the landlord never hear the tenant's needs, a safe and secure living place as a human being. The author characterizes the landlord as an extremely unresonable person who is not only irresponsible for his duties but also abuses his power. The tenant is willing to pay twice the rent: "Well, that's ten bucks more'n I'll pay you / Till you fix this house up new" (line 11-12) if only the landlord fixes the house like new. The tenant strongly repeats aloud "Ten Bucks" three times to show the money is a boiling topic which triggers the trouble. It is also show how greedy the landlord