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Question

In the poem in Harlem by langston hughes cite twos examples from the poem and give supporting details

Answer 1

Hi Rico,

The writer is imagining a dream deferred, paused, or cancelled. He is writing about what it might physically look like or feel like. There are five examples of what this dream might look like. Can you spot the five examples? (Hint: one is that the dream might look dried up). Good! Now what is meant by supporting details. That's just a fancy way to ask, "Describe the example given of "dried up". What does dried up look like?. The author wrote an example to paint a picture in your mind of what dried up might look like. (It's easier to remember a picture than a word). So how does Langston describe the idea of dried up? Good! You got this. Choose one more example, describe it and your done. It's easier than you think. You just have to outsmart the questions and that takes practice. I know you can do this. Let me know if you need further help.

Claire L.

Answer 2

Cite two examples of what?

Here's a little background: This is a very short poem written in the middle of last century, 1951, in a neighborhood of NYC that experienced extreme difficulties because of racism. This was 12 years before Dr. King's famous speech at the March on Washington. Hughes, who was part of the Harlem Renaissance, should have been accepted as an equal among contemporary White poets, but his work was relegated to a different category because of the race he was assigned. "Harlem" asks what happens to the dreams of Black people when they are constantly beaten down.

What do you need examples of? There's a lot of figurative language here, mostly as metaphors...

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Have fun reading Hughes!

Liz Z.