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Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance — Homework
Reread this week's Hughes poems before answering.
- 1.What was the Great Migration?
- 2.Explain what naming four rivers from across world history accomplishes in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
- 3.How does "I, too, sing America" directly answer Whitman's poem from Week 21?
- 4.Why might Hughes end "I, Too" with confidence rather than anger or despair?
- 5.In six or more sentences, trace the direct echo between Hughes's "I, Too" and Whitman's "Song of Myself," quoting at least one specific line from each.
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