Question

In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” Hughes describes rivers as “dusky” to call attention to their ____.

a. darkness
c. mystery
b. age
d. sadness

Answer 1

b is the best answer

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Answer 2

The poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is made by Langston Hughes where likened his soul as deep as rivers. The term dusky was associted in the poem to rivers which he described repeatedly throughout as ancient and old. In this poem, the term dusky is referred to the age of the river. Answer is b. age.