4 Lecture Questions 100-200 Words Per Question DUE TODAY 10/5/20 IN 8 - 16HRS!!!

Question 1 - Johnson and The Book of American Negro Poetry

Why are many black poets using formal poetic techniques instructors in their writing? What is the purpose of black people writing things like sonnets? Why is that so important? Why is it important to show that black people know how to write in these formal structures? 

Question 2 - Jessie Redmon Fauset Dead Fires

What are three sensory details that Fauset voiced in her poem? 

Question 3 - Nelson & Johnson - what are the similarities in their poems?

Compare ONE LINE from Nelson’s poem Sonnet to ONE LINE from James Weldon Johnson’s poem O Black and Unknown Bards. What are the similarities between these lines? How do these two lines speak to each other?