Harlem Renaissance Poetry by Hannah Gaines https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2 en-us 2022-10-10 15:01:40 UTC 2022-10-13 15:02:59 UTC hello@padlet.com The Black Finger by Angelina Grimke hg11371 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333768003 - 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]]> 2022-10-10 15:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333768003 Harlem by Langston Hughes sw24556 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333777116 - 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 ]]> 2022-10-10 15:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333777116 Black Man Talks of Reaping by Arana Bontemps sw24556 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333792487 -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]]> 2022-10-10 15:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333792487 Saturday’s Child by Countee Cullen hg11371 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333802693 -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 

]]> 2022-10-10 15:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333802693 Harlem Shadows by Claude Mckay hg11371 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333848133 -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

]]> 2022-10-10 16:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2333848133 Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem by Helene Johnson sw24556 https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2335500020 -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]]> 2022-10-11 15:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hg11371/qytx7ql3lfpu9th2/wish/2335500020