Read line 9 from "Sonnet 100."

Rise, restive Muse, my love's sweet face survey

—"Sonnet 100,"

William Shakespeare

Tap out the stresses as you read line 9. Which analysis best describes the rhythm and its effect on meaning?

It places equal emphasis on all syllables to create a quiet, relaxing mood.

It maintains a perfect iambic pentameter with no variation for special emphasis.

It breaks the iambic rhythm on the last three words to emphasis his love’s sweet face.

It breaks the iambic rhythm on the first two syllables, setting the demanding tone of the line.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.