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Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem by  Helene Johnson

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Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem by  Helene Johnson

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-Tone: Uplifting ex. "You are disdainful and magnificent— Your perfect body and your pompous gait" (lines 1-2).
-Poetic Devices: Rhyme
-Figurative Language: Imagery "Your dark eyes flashing solemnly" (line 3).
-Thematic Idea: inspire, uplift

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-Tone: Serious ex: " In Negro Harlem when the night lets fall Its veil." (lines 2-3)
-Poetic Devices: Rhyme
- Figurative Language: Alliteration " Of poverty, dishonor and disgrace" (line 14) Repetition of the sound "dis"
- Thematic Idea: Poverty

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-Tone: Gloomy ex: " Dame Poverty gave me my name, And Pain godfathered me" (lines 11-12)
-Poetic Devices: Rhyme
-Figurative Language:  "On a night that was black as tar." (line 8) Comparing dark night to tar.
- Thematic Idea: Inequality

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Black Man Talks of Reaping by Arana Bontemps

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Black Man Talks of Reaping by Arana Bontemps

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-Tone: Fearful ex: " I planted deep, within my heart the fear That wind or fowl would take the grain away" (line 2-3).
-Poetic Devices: Rhyme
-Figurative Language: Imagery " I have sown beside all waters in my day" (line 1) or " I scattered seed enough to plant the land" (line 5)
-Thematic Idea: Injustice

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- Tone: curious ex: " What happens to a dream deferred?" (line 1)
- Poetic Sound Devices: Rhyme
- Figurative Language: Simile  "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (line 6) wondering if a dream that has went to waste stink
- Thematic Idea: Wasted Potential

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- Tone: Hopeful ex.  "A black finger Pointing upwards" (line 7)
- Figurative Language: Metaphor- "A straight cypress" (line 4) comparing tree to the finger.
- Thematic Idea: Hope