Langston Hughes' Verisimilitude

In Langston Hughes literature one theme he continuously touches upon is heritage. Hughes illustrates how our ancestry has a connection to our character and experiences. This viewpoint is especially prevalent within “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”. Within this poem, Hughes depicts the connection African Americans have to rivers. This parallelism throughout the piece shows how heritage follows you. In a way he is stating that we can not run away from our ancestral past.  In “I, Too” Hughes shows a different side to heritage, and how even if someone is of different ethnicity or religion, they are still American. Receiving this name does not eliminate the past, but adds to our identity. Langston Hughes' poems depict the use  of verisimilitude. Past events within each generation depict the truth. No matter what, we can not hide from our origins; they define us in some way or another. I think that Langston Hughes does an noteworthy job of portraying pride in different aspects of our heritage, and finding new ways to add on for future generations.