THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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Race does not determine our worth, nor does anyone.
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In all circumstances, rise above your race.
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Despite differences, including race, we learn from one another and are connected.
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none of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Theme for English B” tells the story of a young Black college student whose instructor has given him a writing assignment (a theme). The assignment must be one page long and “true, ” according to his instructor. The speaker questions whether the assignment is really that simple.
Detailed explanation-2: -Race, Identity, and Belonging. “Theme for English B” is a poem about the complexities of identity in a racist society. Its speaker-a black student at Columbia University in the 1950s-receives an apparently straightforward assignment: to write one page about himself.
Detailed explanation-3: -’Theme for B English’ contains both irony and alliteration to emphasize the speaker’s challenges with the writing assignment. The irony highlights how as the only African-American student, he feels as an outsider to the class, and he does not want to lose his connection to Harlem.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Theme for English B” is written in free verse-it stays the track of no one rhythmic pattern; it has no regular rhyme scheme. It does, however, establish patterns. The instructor’s homework assignment, for instance, is in an aabb rhyme pattern.