Read the following excerpt from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes.

The sink is broke,

The water don't run,

And you ain't done a thing

You promised to've done.

The slang used in this stanza is most likely intended to be a reflection of the

struggle between Madam and the rent man.

frustration Madam feels about her situation.

language of the times it was written in.

way the poet spoke in real life.

The slang used in this stanza is most likely intended to be a reflection of the

language of the times it was written in

Explanation:

The writer Langston Hughes was writing in a time when the different dialects of the English language were being employed to show the different voices of people of different strata and classes reflected in the poetry.

Here the Madam has a very specific accent which can locate her to a locality or a class of people to the common speaker of English and thus gives away quite a lot of details about her character from a simple line of dialogue.