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In the peom The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes what does soul has grown deep like the rivers mean?

He's saying he's not a shallow person but feels and thinks deeply about spirituality.

Check these sites -- with a definition of soul -- and Langston Hughes explaining how he came to write this poem and reading the poem.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soul

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15722

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