The Poetics  of Power in Langeston Hughes’s selected poems

This paper investigates the use of power in Langeston Hughes’s selected poems using the American Structures of Power. This study aims to inspect and analyses the selected text from the perspective of a Foucauldian concept of power and knowledge relationships that exist in the outcomes of these power relationships. Langeston Hughes, in his selected poems, discusses the policies and the politician’s role. The study analyses power structures in American society and their depiction in Langeston Hughes’ poetry. It aims to shed light on the function of power in literature and how civilization has influenced it. The paper also touches upon cultural identity. The discussion highlights the complexity of power and its constant interplay with other forces, challenging simplistic notions of cultural purity and societal development. Overall, the paper thoroughly examines power structures in Afro-American literature and society.