An African American, singing and playing a blues number that is observed and described by the central narrator. Hughes uses similes in these two lines. Line 13 says “The musician can play the piano like a madman.” Hughes describes musicians who play as fools. “Fool” is a good thing in this context. Line 35 says “He slept like a rock or like a dead man.” This simile means that he was sleeping so deeply that he did not move or that he was resting like a dead man. Another literary term that Hughes uses in his poetry is personification. He uses personification in lines 10 and 18. Line 10 says, “He made that poor piano groan with melody.” The musician in the poem makes the piano moan, but pianos don't moan. However, the sound of the piano makes the speaker feel as if the piano is moaning. Line 18 says “I heard that nigger singing, that old piano moaning-”. Once again, Hughes makes the speaker hear as if the piano is moaning, but he is simply describing the piano's melody and the musician's voice ("The Weary Blues