Blues
The Mississippi Delta region in the southern United States.
Where did the Blues originate?
Using words which have similar sounds.
What is rhyming?
This song expressed Nina's anger over the treatment of African Americans in the South.
What is "Mississippi Goddam?"
It is a popular wind instrument commonly played in blues and jazz music.
What is a saxophone/trumpet?
Sentences that state a problem, followed by a sentence that provides an outcome or solution.
What is the AAB form in the Blues?
Repeating a word or phrase over and over again in poetry.
What is repetition?
A source of inspiration for much of his poetry.
What is the Blues?
She was a pioneering female vocalist known for her powerful voice, bold image, and she popularized "Hound Dog."
Who was Big Mama Thornton?
A word or phrase that can have two or more meanings in a song.
What is a metaphor?
Two lines that rhyme.
What is a couplet?
A period of "re-birth" where African American artists, musicians, poets and writers worked in Harlem.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
To put off until later. Hughes uses this word in one of his famous poems.
What does defer mean?
They come from everyday life situations, day to day problems, heart break, set backs or failures. They originated with African Americans working on plantations in the South.
Where do/did Blues lyrics come from?
This poem describes a pianist playing the blues.
What is "The Weary Blues?"