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Jazz Fantasia – Analysis

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by JL Admin

Langston Hughes has been widely acclaimed as the first true jazz poet, and there is little argument among critics that this is true. Hughes, a black poet of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote poetry unrivaled in its proliferation and depiction of jazz in the early 1900s. Hughes came upon the heels of Sandburg, encouraged by the…

Jazz Fantasia – Alliteration – Poetic Devices

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by JL Admin

Alliteration and Assonance  Alliteration is a poetic device that uses the repetition of consonant sounds that appear close together in the poem. It is similar to rhyming, but the sameness of sound appears at the beginning of the word rather than at the end. This technique gives interest and delight upon reading aloud. Sandburg’s writing…

Jazz Fantasia: Themes

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by JL Admin

The Jazz Age  The 1920s were the beginning of the Jazz Age, when musicians were experimenting with the earliest forms of jazz music. The sound came with the blacks migrating from New Orleans and mixed with the already established ragtime style. In ‘‘Jazz Fantasia,’’ Sandburg praises musicians of 1920, who had just begun to play…

Jazz Fantasia: Summary

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by JL Admin

Line 1 “Jazz Fantasia’’ begins with the drums, the instrument most critical to any jazz musical performance. The drums lead the music by their steady rhythmic beat. They set the tone and mood: the cadence of a dance or shuffle. The rhythm of the first part of the fantasia starts out a steady andante (moderate)…

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