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“Harlem” by Langston Hughes
1) What mood does the speaker create from the start with the
description of the setting in the first two lines? What words
create this mood?
2) What specific hardships and injustices do the people of
Harlem suffer?
3) What is the effect of the repetition of the word “remember”?
4) Do you interpret the poem’s last stanza as an expression of
powerlessness or opposition? Explain your answer.
5) How do the speakers feel at the end of the poem? What
makes you think so?