I would liken you
To a night without stars
Were it not for your eyes.
I would liken you
To a sleep without dreams
Were it not for your songs.
Quiet Girl
Analysis, meaning and summary of Langston Hughes's poem Quiet Girl
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@Jousalte from China
Shame on you. Nobody have responsibility to make you understand it. If you couldn’t get it by your own mind, plz give it up and stop talking in rude words.
Shame on us, shame on you that we are asking for help and what you are basically saying is that the person who doesn’t understand the poem is dumb.
You are such an idiot
thiz iz fun to read out loud in front of my clazz
great poem. it was short, but a lovely poem. I wish more poems were like this.
Acording to The Quiet girl of Hughes he is saying about the girl is found in his dream who is alive.He tells his feeling righ time in his lonelyness.
Hmm, Amanda, I hope you are a poet who knows to put a ‘ in I’m.
It fits my life!
this poem is nice im a poet my self
There is a different type of beauty in the deep stillness of the dark night — Hughes is saying the beauty of this girl is found in her quiet ways. Only
her eyes betray her shimmering soul. Her “songs” (whether sung aloud or merely kept in her head — I
like to think this refers to her personal anthems)form his dreams.
the poem was good but it could of been better if I could understand it.
This poem is beautiful because of how Hughes describes the girls beuty and how the stars are there because she exists
HI my name is Jaonna Woodard and i live in California i just wanted to let you now that your poem was smal but perfect keep up the ood work
i love this poet..Langston Hughes..is such as good author..” dark night without Girl”…your eyes Emphasize the beauti of her eyes..
I have been looking 4-better understanding withing the poems but everytime I check “comments” It’s bu$%^**t because all comments are about “It is so good!, it touched me so deep!, etc. They never explain why it is so good. I think comments are for commenting what u’ve learned out of this, what is your understanding, dissapointment, conclusion, etc. So, come on people be real! We all know these poems are good so don’t be redundant. *don’t pay attention to my spelling, it’s not important*
i love it but to me i think that it sounds like a guy is desperate for anything.