https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348 en-us 2022-10-10 15:04:09 UTC 2025-10-30 12:50:25 UTC hello@padlet.com ms24914 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333757573 Tone- Angry with the world " I doubt not God is good, well- meaning, kind, " (line 1)

Poetic devices- Personification, Rhyme sequence (a,b,a,b)

Figurative language - That even though god is good that society is still unfair.

Thematic idea- The confusion on why society is so hard on African Americans.]]> 2022-10-10 15:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333757573 jc11986 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333758664      The poem " A Black Man Talks of Reaping" by Arna Bontemps. The tone of the story is in spite of the fear of the seeds blowing away for example " I have sown beside all waters in my day. I planted deep, within my heart the fear That wind or fowl would take the grain away." The story uses many poetic sound devices like repetition and rhyme sequences. The figurative language of this story is about farming and the idea of farming can not be related to modern struggles. The thematic idea is that African Americans do all the harvesting and hard labor while the white man reaps all the benefits. ]]> 2022-10-10 15:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333758664 ms24914 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333770617 Tone- Curiosity and interest ("What happens to a dream deferred" (line 1) )

Poetic Devices- Repetition and Alliteration

Figurative language- That no one knows what happens when a dream does not come true

Theme- When a dream does not come true it could be a good or bad thing for that person but that we will never know.]]> 2022-10-10 15:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333770617 ms24914 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333778471 Tone- Longing (" A wave of longing through my body swept, ")(line 10)

Poetic devices-simile and metaphor

Figurative Language- The fruits of new York are the memories of old times and new York represents a new set of challenges.

Theme- That the journey of working through challenges is half of the enjoyment not just the end prize.]]> 2022-10-10 15:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333778471 jc11986 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333790029 Tone- A sense of Wonder " Why, beautiful, still finger are you black? And why are you pointing upwards?"

poetic devices- assonance with the use of I

figurative language- beauty of black people as the black finger

Thematic idea- Is her going to heaven and only feeling welcomed there ]]> 2022-10-10 15:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333790029 jc11986 https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333799242 Tone- Confident " I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers"

poetic devices- repetition and imagery 

figurative language- That the this idea of what he has gone through has been here since the beginning

Thematic devices- identity and keeping his legacy  ]]> 2022-10-10 15:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ms24914/l0dgialjodwz6348/wish/2333799242