Poetic Element
Two words that sound alike are words that ______
like cat and bat.
Rhyme.
T/F As a child, Hughes lived in many different places.
True
Poem about a man trying to kill himself?
(Rivers, Life is Fine, Mother to Son, Harlem)
Life is Fine
Name one of the ways the narrator tries to end is life in Life is Fine
Drowning, Jumping off Building.
She played Diamonds and Umbrella at this most recent Super Bowl.
Rihanna.
Comparing two things without using like or as.
Metaphor.
T/F Hughes had many different jobs.
True.
Poem about a parent inspiring her son.
(Rivers, Life is Fine, Mother to Son, Harlem)
Mother to Son
It is the device that Harlem has a lot of.
Like a raisin in the sun.
In 2021, this Starboy performed The Hills and Blinding Lights at the Super Bowl.
The Weeknd.
The beat of a poem is known as the
Rhythm
T/F. Hughes talks about abstract and hard-to-understand things.
False.
Poem where the narrator asks what happens to a dream deferred.
(Rivers, Life is Fine, Mother to Son, Harlem)
Harlem.
Name one of the Rivers from the poem Rivers.
Euphrates
Congo
Nile
Mississippi
In 1993, he sang Billie Jean and Black or White at the Superbowl. Notably, he didn't play Thriller.
Michael Jackson.
Simile
T/F Hughes copied off many people and his style was unoriginal.
False.
It's the poem where the narrator has seen this body of water.
(Rivers, Life is Fine, Mother to Son, Harlem)
Rivers.
In Mother to Son, describe how the Mother's life was.
Rough/Hard.
In 2005, the member of the Beatles played Get Back and Hey Jude.
Paul McCartney
Saying something over more than once is an example of
Repitition
Name the major event that Hughes was a part of.
Harlem Renaissance.
In this poem, the narrator talks about his baby.
(Rivers, Life is Fine, Mother to Son, Harlem)
Life is Fine.
It's how Harlem ends, and it is the only metaphor in the poem.
Does it explode?
In 2011, this group, named after a vegetable, played Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling.
The Black Eyed Peas