No surprise here: Langston Hughes received 75% of the votes.
Hughes big winner
To the question, “Which Harlem Renaissance poet do you most admire?” voters gave a big positive response to the famous Langston Hughes, while giving 25% to Paul Laurence Dunbar. Poets receiving no votes were Robert Hayden, Claude McKay, and Sterling A. Brown.
Get acquainted with the poets
Understandably, voters often respond to name recognition. Langston Hughes has received much more attention in the literary field than any of the other contenders. But you can get acquainted with the other poet’s work through the following articles:
- Robert Hayden: Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”: A Nearly Perfect Poem
- Claude McKay: McKay’s “America”: A Testimony of Love and Hate
- Sterling A. Brown: Brown’s “Southern Cop”: Irony and Racism
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