The fire that burns, and forever hurts, isn't always a physical pain. The spark of life, and the fuels that is our emotions can cause a flame that can never be put out. Looking for any possible way to stop the burning, some jump into the dark, flowing water to where our existence come to an end. The poem “Suicide’s Note” by Langston Hughes talks about the thought of ending it all. I believe “Suicide’s Notes” is about how Hughes feels killing himself is a way he can escape all his pain. Langston Hughes was born in the Great Depression, and I am going to assume this is the main reason why he wrote this poem. During the Great Depression America's suicide rate was through the roof do to the mass poverty that crippled the country. The poem doesn't directly state this, but I can infer because of my background on Langston Hughes.The first and second lines of the poem it states, “The calm,/Cool face of the river ”(Hughes 1-2).The river in the poem is a metaphor for escape. The way Hughes described the river made it seem like death was a good option. I can connect this back to the Great Depression …show more content…
The amount of struggle Langston Hughes was getting to a point that suicide was starting to seem more like a vacation then a death. The words calm and cool are not typical words used to describe death. This helps us look into Hughes head ,and view into the time period he lived .The way Hughes wrote the poem was as if he was trying to hide the fact that he was tired of life. The way Langston Hughes personified the river ,was as if the river was his lover. “Asked me for a kiss", Is a really disturbing, but sorta romantic way to describe suicide.The briefness of the poem contradicts the message the poem gives. The many emotion felt just by reading the title alone is enough to assume the poem would be longer. Hughes does not see suicide as a bad thing in this point of his