Contents
- 1 In what way does the line sage like a heavy load in Harlem relate to the overall feeling of the Weary Blues?
- 2 What is one difference in themes of Harlem and the weary blues?
- 3 Which lines from The Weary Blues suggest the speaker?
- 4 What is one difference in the way sensory details are used Harlem and the weary blues?
- 5 In what way does the line sags like a heavy?
- 6 What sentence best conveys the speaker’s message nature is more powerful?
- 7 What is the main idea of the Weary Blues?
- 8 What is the effect of repeating the phrase piano moan?
- 9 What rhyme scheme does Harlem use?
- 10 What kind of poem is The Weary Blues?
- 11 What type of imagery is used in the poem The Weary Blues?
- 12 What literary devices are used in the Weary Blues?
- 13 What is one difference in the way sensory details are used in Harlem and The Weary Blues Harlem uses all five senses while the weary blues R?
- 14 What sentence best conveys the speaker’s message in if we must die?
- 15 What does the speaker in Harlem contemplate?
In what way does the line sage like a heavy load in Harlem relate to the overall feeling of the Weary Blues?
The correct answer is A) the song lyrics in the “ Weary Blues ” reflect a heavy load from the singer. The line “sags like a heavy load ” in “ Harlem ” relates to the overall feeling because the song lyrics in the “ Weary Blues ” reflect a heavy load from the singer.
What is one difference in themes of Harlem and the weary blues?
What is one difference in the themes of “Harlem” and “The Weary Blues “? ” Harlem ” conveys sorrow, while “The Weary Blues ” shows happiness. ” Harlem ” conveys resentment, while “The Weary Blues ” shows expression.
Which lines from The Weary Blues suggest the speaker?
The lines from “The Weary Blues ” that suggest the speaker is impressed by the musician are, “With his ebony hands on each ivory key, He made that poor piano moan with melody” (B). The speaker is paying close attention to the musician’s hands as they move across each key of the piano creating a beautiful melody.
What is one difference in the way sensory details are used Harlem and the weary blues?
What is one difference in the way sensory details are used in ” Harlem” and “The Weary Blues “? ” Harlem ” uses all five senses, while “The Weary Blues ” relies mainly on the sense of sound. ” Harlem ” conveys resentment, while “The Weary Blues ” shows expression. You just studied 6 terms!
In what way does the line sags like a heavy?
In what way does the line ” sags like a heavy load” in “Harlem” relate to the overall feeling of “The Weary Blues”? The song lyrics in “The Weary Blues” reflect a ” heavy load” for the singer.
What sentence best conveys the speaker’s message nature is more powerful?
He expresses that death is inevitable, but if they are going to die, the must die being brave and courageous, with honor (“If we must die—oh, let us nobly die So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain”), so the sentence that best conveys the speaker’s message is “There is honor in dying courageously.”
What is the main idea of the Weary Blues?
The central theme of “The Weary Blues ” concerns the resilience of the archetypal “common” person who has times of despair or despondency. Music serves as a means of relieving pain or anxiety. The poem transcends the limitations of race, as all people have used music and poetry as a means of getting through bad times.
What is the effect of repeating the phrase piano moan?
What is the effect of repeating the phrase ” piano moan ” in the poem? It sets a sad, mournful tone.
What rhyme scheme does Harlem use?
Explanation: Langston Hughes’ poem ” Harlem ” was written in the form of a free verse which means that there is no specific rhyme scheme or meter form. Free verse poems are nonetheless poetic. The absence of any consistent rhyme scheme did not defer in the poem’s meaningful expression of the poem.
What kind of poem is The Weary Blues?
The Weary Blues
by Langston Hughes | |
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First published in | 1925 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | African-American poetry Jazz poetry |
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What type of imagery is used in the poem The Weary Blues?
While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.” Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor”, “The singer stopped playing and went to bed” and “While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.”
What literary devices are used in the Weary Blues?
“The Weary Blues ” Poetic Devices & Figurative Language
- End-Stopped Line. “The Weary Blues ” uses end-stop often, though not in any particular pattern.
- Enjambment.
- Caesura.
- Alliteration.
- Assonance.
- Consonance.
- Metaphor.
- Simile.
What is one difference in the way sensory details are used in Harlem and The Weary Blues Harlem uses all five senses while the weary blues R?
“ Harlem ” uses all five senses, while “ The Weary Blues ” relies mainly on the sense of sound” is the one difference in the way sensory details are used in “Harlem” and “The Weary Blues “. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option.
What sentence best conveys the speaker’s message in if we must die?
I don’t know if there is supposed to be options for this question, but if not, I would say that the sentence that best conveys the speaker’s message in this excerpt is: ” If we must die -oh, let us nobly die So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor
What does the speaker in Harlem contemplate?
criticize oppression. criticize oppression. The speaker in “Harlem ” contemplates. the outcome of people’s hatred.