Exploring Tone in Poetry

Question 1

Which ideas expressed in writing, artwork, and music reflect the historical context of Harlem in the 1940s? Check all that apply.Community is a key factor in improving life for all people.Field work can be exhausting day after day.Small towns where everyone knows each other are the heart of America.City life can require adjustment, but it is full of excitement.To learn where one fits in can be a challenge or an opportunity.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Community is a key factor in improving life for all people.; City life can require adjustment, but it is full of excitement.; To learn where one fits in can be a challenge or an opportunity.

Question 2

What is the subject of the poem? | What structure does the poem have? | How does the language of the poem affect the meaning?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It has two stanzas.

Question 3

What is the subject of the poem? | What structure does the poem have? | How does the language of the poem affect the meaning?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Fog is personified as a cat.

Question 4

Which fact would best help a reader understand the historical context of Langston Hughes's poetry?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Hughes lived in a neighborhood of working-class African Americans.

Question 5

What is the subject of the poem? | What structure does the poem have? | How does the language of the poem affect the meaning?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the fog

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