OMG this coment below was 12yrs ago. Our children would benefit greatly with the great minds passed. I have some of a connection with that river. Some vibe.
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
"I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young"... " "My soul has grown deep like the rivers..." I love those two lines the most and I love the way he reads them. I like how the story behind it was presented in the beginning of this upload. It tells what he was thinking and feeling and what inspired him to write this poem. I never knew before. It was great to hear that particular part of his life and then the poem. Nice upload. Thank you so much. This is great.
This is wonderful! I'm definitely using this in class tomorrow. My students expect a video with every poem we study. This is one of the best -- they'll love it! It'll make understanding the poem much easier for them. THANKS FOR POSTING!
Thank you so much for posting this! It's so wonderful to hear Hughes's own description and reading of this piece. Such a haunting poem - it has always been one of my favourites.
hi i would like to download this video for a class presentation because im not sure if ill have internet while presenting if you could allow me to do that. that would be wonderful thank you
Helo I'm french and i have some question on this video. But I dont understand all his speaking. could you wrote all the things that he said ?? please ?
OMG this coment below was 12yrs ago. Our children would benefit greatly with the great minds passed. I have some of a connection with that river. Some vibe.
I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
"I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young"... " "My soul has grown deep like the rivers..."
I love those two lines the most and I love the way he reads them. I like how the story behind it was presented in the beginning of this upload. It tells what he was thinking and feeling and what inspired him to write this poem. I never knew before. It was great to hear that particular part of his life and then the poem. Nice upload. Thank you so much. This is great.
This is wonderful! I'm definitely using this in class tomorrow. My students expect a video with every poem we study. This is one of the best -- they'll love it! It'll make understanding the poem much easier for them. THANKS FOR POSTING!
Thank you so much for posting this! It's so wonderful to hear Hughes's own description and reading of this piece. Such a haunting poem - it has always been one of my favourites.
Many thanks for posting this audio. Great to use as a revision tool =)
One of the greatest American poems letter for letter.
Certainly the greatest poem of the Harlem Renaissance.
absolutely beautiful
One of my favorites
Wonderful!
so sad and i almost cried
very!
This great I think that all afro americans should read this , and they will find answers to quite a few questions
I would like to know the source of information, thank you.
excellent
This explanation is way useful :) Thanx for the upload, i love you right now!! LOL jk bout that ''i love you'' but thanx
hi i would like to download this video for a class presentation because im not sure if ill have internet while presenting if you could allow me to do that. that would be wonderful thank you
When was this recorded? For a radio program? Which one? Who was the interviewer?
hello could you written all the things that he said in this video. I am french and I dont understant. and i have some question on this video.
Yep
Hi professor Mcgill :D
Helo I'm french and i have some question on this video. But I dont understand all his speaking. could you wrote all the things that he said ?? please ?
Amandine Da silva you can just turn the subtitles on
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When and where was this reading done?
1:40 to 2:26
1:40
sup son
1:40