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## 1920s - Know what city Harlem is located in: New York ## Harlem Renaissance Poems For each of the following, know the speaker, main idea/theme(s), context, tone, and purpose (why). Other details you may need to know for some of the selections are also indicated: * "Let America Be America Agai...

## 1920s - Know what city Harlem is located in: New York ## Harlem Renaissance Poems For each of the following, know the speaker, main idea/theme(s), context, tone, and purpose (why). Other details you may need to know for some of the selections are also indicated: * "Let America Be America Again," "Theme for English B," "Dreams," and "Dreams * **Deferred (Harlem) (Langston Hughes)** * Identify literary devices in these poems, such as repetition, rhyme, metaphor, alliteration, etc. repetition the title America was near America to me * Look at the different identities mentioned in the poem ("I am..."); be able to recognize the different voices and plights of each identity * **"Outcast" (Claude McKay)** * What is the speaker wanting or searching for? to be connected * How does the themes/topics of this poem relate to other poems from HR writers? speaking on having same rights in America * **"How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (Zora Neale Hurston)** * What is the shift the speaker experiences in how she perceives her identity? embracing her identity acknowledges racism and refuses to let it define her ## Study Guide for Harlem Renaissance Unit Test * What causes this change? being surrounded by people in her community * How does this essay compare to the works we have read by other HR writers? embracing * **If We Must Die" (Claude McKay)** * What is the historical context of this poem? When and why was it written? doing something memorable and good * How does McKay's poem connect with the ideas presented in "I, Too"? How are the structures and theme(s) similar?