2014 Group 88

The painting "The Aspects of Negro Life: An Idyll of the Deep South" by Aaron Douglas depicts slaves going about their daily activities. Some slaves are are working in the field and some are playing instruments. But one slaves attention is captured by a very bright star in the sky. This painting shows hope because he is looking to the star for hope.

This painting represents hope for the runaway slaves. The slaves are looking at the birds as to go North. The birds represent the hope for those people.

This represents hope because even though they are poor they still have hope.

This picture is the fourth one down from the top. It shows hopefulness because he is looking out the window toward the light outside the window.

This picture represents hope because even though these people are being sold they believe they can create a new life in the city.

This poem shows hope because the people are very proud about what they are doj g and there is a light shining on them to show hope

Instead of the North Star bringing these people to freedom and hope, the birds are the sign of hope and a new world in this scenario. The people are following the birds to the north and their seems to be hope, because the people have packed up their stuff, left their homes and are traveling to the north.

This painting seems hopeful because of the way the people seem to be heading towards the building and the building is illuminated with bright light.

The first picture at the start of paragraph is "Harriet Tubman - No. 10." This is the image we looked at in class. Click on it to see it larger

In this picture I think its suppose to show Harriet Tubman's struggle to get across to the other side, I see some sort of chains near is leg and a snake in the left hand corner. This depicts her physical struggle and I feel people can connect to it because everyone has a mental struggle.- Cat

I believe that this painting, done by Jacob Lawrence, shows a scene of the Underground Railroad. Depicted in this image is a man clothed in a white robe. He is seemingly chained down to the ground, and he is blocked by an obstacle. However, the man reaches upward toward the North Star because the star provides hope of freedom.

"Into Bondage" by Aaron Douglas was premiered in 1936 at the Texas centennial exposition for the hall of Negro life. The picture is meant to portray African-American history, especially history. Douglas belief that knowing the past better was the way to help move forward.

The way I interpreted this painting is Aaron Douglas is trying to remind the racists that white people enslaved them years ago and now they are free but they don't feel free. Another way that I interpret this is Aaron Douglas is telling the black community that they have come very far.

"Into Bondage" by Aaron Douglas clearly exhibited sending slaves across seas and trading them for goods, the man on the platform is clearly looking at the North Star, he is looking for freedom, because during that time, the North Star guided escapen slaves through the Underground Railroad. The radiating light seems to resemble the sun and what a new day may bring, like a new life away from slavery, the other man with arms in the air seem to have the same atitude, but the rest of them seem to have lost their hope in this new life. Their hearts have been beaten to believe nothing good will come.

"If We Must Die" by Claude McKay qualifies as a sonnet because of 5 important reasons, the first is that it has a change in idea in it. After line 8, it changes ideas by saying O Kinsmen! The second is that it has 14 lines. The third is the rhyme scheme. The fourth is that it has about 10 syllables in each line. The fifth is the 7 rhyming couplets that only rhyme at the last two lines.

It has 14 lines and after 8 lines he changes thought. The last 2 lines rhyme and sum up the poem about how if we must die we should give a fight. Each line has roughly 10 syllables.

Here are 5 reasons that this poem qualifies as a Sonnet. 1.The poem has couplets 2.the lines rhyme in a certain order 3.the last couplet is the only rhyming couplet 4.it contains 14 lines 5.the last couplet is the main idea or the thesis

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

This poem is James talking about him leaving his house and dying. He deeply misses everything in Manhattan and remembers everything. He misses the crowds, trees, etc and wonder if he will ever go back and what he will miss most deeply is his city.

I think this poem by James Johnson is about him being nostalgic to never behold his city, he is a dying man and he wants to be and experience his home again, but he cannot because when he dies he will never have the chance to be there for it again.

The poem "My City" by James Weldon Johnson is about the shame of dying without making a difference on the city. You can see this in the second couplet when Johnson asks, "What to me then will be the keenest loss/When this bright world blurs on my fading sight?" He answers this in the last couplet with "To be dead, and never again behold my city." Comment by Katelyn M., Molly J., and Taliah M.

I chose this poem because he is setting a goal to accomplish his dreams of being happy.

This poem is similar to "To One Coming North" by Claud McKay because both poems discuss the topic of winter and how things up north change, while things in the south are consistent.

I chose this poem because the way he spoke interested me, "Lawdy-mercy! I's frustrated!" He speaks with such a southern taste even though he lives in New York. He also seemed non-content with his life as in many of his other poems which he seems that equality doesn't spread to him.

Coming north and this poem are very similar, in this poem hes upset that his shoes mismatched with is like the mismatched ideas that people have in the northern land

I liked this poem (Life Is Fine) because it showed what he thought (Langston Hughes) of life when he lived in America. What he thought of Emotions and death and liiving.

This poem can relate to the Harlem Renaissance because in the beginning he talks about how he couldn't think then sank, almost like he just gave in the racism, but then he realized it was cold and realized these times were hard and he came up on a elevator, came up stronger. He got very high which can mean he was getting closer to his goal then talks about how he could've died or given up, but he was born again and ends it with life is fine!

After exploring poems of the Harlem Renaissance, I chose "In Time of Silver Rain" written by Langston Hughes. I enjoyed reading this poem because the poet's description of rain and how it gives birth to new life was very vivid. I especially liked the line, "The butterflies lift silken wings To catch a rainbow cry." I liked how in this line (and others) Hughes used non-living things and gave them human characteristics. Finally, the poem was positive, and I appreciated that the poet discussed how the rains of spring give way to new life. Because the Harlem Renaissance was a rebirth for African Americans, this composition is symbolic of that.

In "To One Coming North" by Claude McKay it gives the idea that winter is harsh and dark and that spring is revival or rebirth do the year. In "Time Of Silver Rain" by Langston Hughes, it gives the idea that rain is the revival or rebirth of a new life that is vivid and colorful.

This poem was similar to "To One Coming North" by Claude McKay because they both shared the same message of rebirth. In both poems, spring was described as joyous and thought to bring hope. The spring was like a light at the end of a dark tunnel; the season made the difficult times worth it. Comment by Molly J and Katelyn M