Compare themes of the poems "Little Old Letter" and "Sence You Went Away." "Little Old Letter" is by Langston Hughes, and "Sence You Went Away" is by...

James
Weldon Johnson's poem, "Sence You Went Away," deals with loss of love. Langston
Hughes' "Little Old Letter" also deals with loss of love. However, each poem, as with
individual people, deals with this loss in a different way.

Johnson's poem is
a list of things that have changed since the object of the speaker's love has left. The stars
and the sun in the heavens above have lost their brilliance and their power; the sky is not as
blue, and the birds have forgotten how to sing. These images deal with how the loss has affected
the speaker's view of the natural world.

Johnson's poem lists other things
directly related to changes in the speaker's...