Gods+By+Lanston+Hughes

Gods By: Langston Hughes

The ivory gods,

And the ebony gods,

And the gods of diamond and jade,

**Sit silently on their temple shelves** (Imagery)

While the people

Are afraid.

Yet the ivory gods,

And the ebony gods,

And the gods of diamond-jade,

Are only silly **puppet gods** (Metaphor)

That the people themselves

Have made.