This is a sonnet because it has 10 syllables on each sentence, the same rhyme scheme as a sonnet (a b a b c d c d e f e f g g), and it has 14 lines and two totally different subjects separated from each other and rhyme couplets

I chose this because it states the cruelty of people in Harlem were and how weary the blacks were during this time of racial abuse and misery

I chose this because it shows what it was like for him to have a white dad and a black mom and him being born somewhat in the middle so he was still vulnerable to racism towards blacks.