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Friday, April 7, 2017

Harlem Renaissance Poetry

Poems are available here.

Assignment outline:

 After everyone has read the poems at your station, please discuss the STRUCTURE, (poem format, rhyme scheme, line length etc) STYLE (figurative language, imagery, allusions, etc.) and CONTENT (meaning, topics, etc.) of each poem.

For each station, you must record your observations on a chart resembling the following.

Author(s):
Titles of Poems:

Structure and Style Observations:


Content Observations:


Which poem did you find most interesting/ meaningful/ compelling?