This research is a critical discourse analysis (CDA)of figurative language in the selected poems of Langston Hughes,who is an African American poet, novelist, short story writer, andan active writer closely associated with Harlem Renaissance. Itsheds light on the figurative language of the poems that are selectedrandomly for the purpose of critical analysis. The four selectedpoems: “Mother to Son, Dreams, A Dream Deferred, and Still Here”are analyzed based on Fairclough’s model of CDA. The study triesto show the implicit figurative language in the poems and identifydifferent figures of speech that have implicit meaning in the poems.It also examines how figurative language is used to enhance themeaning of the poems and communicating the ideas more effectively.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14500/icelc2019.dst170