Assignment task: The aim of this assignment is to practice the skills research paper comparing two poems in relation to a specific historical and cultural context. For this assignment, you are required to answer the following question:. In 1921, James Weldon Johnson wrote of "the need for Aframerican poets in the United States to work out a new and distinctive form of expression." Choose two poems from the three provided below and answer the question, do you think that poets meet the need articulated by Johnson? In your essay, you are expected to consider: -figurative devices -imagery -structure -historical/cultural background (especially the Harlem Renaissance)
Poems
Poem 1 : HELENE JOHNSON Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem
Poem 2: CLAUDE MCKAY Harlem Shadows
Poem 3: LANGSTON HUGHES Harlem