With his repitition of words, the reader is reminded of the young age of the people he is writing about. ... As the poem continues, the use of McKay's words effectively get the message across to the reader. ... Another example of how words can portray a message is how the author describes the characters. ... "The Harlem Dancer" is an English sonnet which follows the rhyme scheme structure of abab cdcd gg. ... McKay uses the English sonnet way of writing for his rhyme scheme, which is abab efef gg. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

With his repitition of words, the reader is reminded of the young age of the people he is writing about. ... As the poem continues, the use of McKay's words effectively get the message across to the reader. ... Another example of how words can portray a message is how the author describes the characters. ... "The Harlem Dancer" is an English sonnet which follows the rhyme scheme structure of abab cdcd gg. ... McKay uses the English sonnet way of writing for his rhyme scheme, which is abab efef gg. ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The rhyme is not rigorous but we can observe that there are pieces with internal rhyme, exact rhyme and not rhyme at all. This because Hughes seeks for a sound very close to the daily speech but without lose the rhythm given by rhyme; the reader can feel the balance of the Negro speech. ... By blocking the words of the professor in Lines 1-5, Hughes literally shows the reader the evident separation between the young Black poet and his White professor. He intensifies this sense of separation by italicizing the words of the professor, thus literally making them different in the nature of their ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The rhyme is not rigorous but we can observe that there are pieces with internal rhyme, exact rhyme and not rhyme at all. This because Hughes seeks for a sound very close to the daily speech but without lose the rhythm given by rhyme; the reader can feel the balance of the Negro speech. ... By blocking the words of the professor in Lines 1-5, Hughes literally shows the reader the evident separation between the young Black poet and his White professor. He intensifies this sense of separation by italicizing the words of the professor, thus literally making them different in the nature of their ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Also, in "Sympathy" he uses words and phrases to speak of freedom, such as " I know what the caged bird feels". ... Dunbar is known for skillful work in placing rhymes and irony throughout his poems "We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile". ... As you see in "We Wear Masks" Dunbar uses end rhyme, such as " We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes", but in "Sympathy" he had to be more creative with his rhyming and irony. Just as was stated above he tries to recreate the Negro by words and language in his poem "Sympathy" such a...

• Word Count: 1623
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

His pride is mostly seen in his use of the rhyme of Jazz, a type of much developed mostly by Black Americans and enjoyed by both black and white in American. ... Langston Hughes' poem is filled with meaning and real matter, using simple words to illustrate the overall complexity of African American lives. ... In other words if a dream is deferred then it will lead to restlessness and dissatisfaction, which with prolongation might lead to crime and hate. ... His pride is mostly seen in his use of the rhyme of Jazz. ...

• Word Count: 934
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This poem was written as a sonnet, in an abbaabbacdcdcd rhyme scheme with an anapestic pentameter. ... The words "of higher worth" are saying more valuable, show your value by not being as hateful and violent as they are, show that you are above the hate. ... This poem was written as a sonnet, in an ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme with a dactylic trimeter. ... So in other words, McKay is saying that African Americans cannot escape this hatred that White Americans have engulfed them with. ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School