LANGSTON HUGHES                                                                                    “sea calm”                How still, strangely still The water is today. It is not good for water to be so still that way. He built an image for the reader by saying “The water is today it is not good it is explaining that the sea is like so sandy and horrible.” Langston Hughes uses repetition. My favorite line is how still how strangely still the water is today. I like this line because it has how strangely. He used rhyme because it says “today and way”. My opinion is I like it because it is talking about the sea and I like the because you can swim and build sandcastle’s.