LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughes’s poem “Life is Fine”?
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The diction is much more polysyllabic than monosyllabic.
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The use of alternating end rhymes and word repetitions enhance the music of the poem and along with its occasional dissonance give it an improvisational jazz-like quality.
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It is written in Standard American English for middle-class readers.
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This poem is structured like a villanelle.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -First recognized as a literary figure during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was best known for his innovation of the art form called jazz poetry.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Theme For English B” is written in free verse, so it doesn’t have a rhyme scheme.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hughes cited Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, and Paul Laurence Dunbar as major influences. He used his poetry and prose to reflect the culture and experiences of Black Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hughes documented African American literature and culture in works such as A Pictorial History of the Negro in America (1956) and the anthologies The Poetry of the Negro (1949) and The Book of Negro Folklore (1958; with Bontemps).
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