Read this passage from beowulf.
then, saw the sage companions
who waited with hrothgar, watching the flood,
that the tossing waters turbid grew,
blood-stained the mere. old men together,
hoary-haired, of the hero spake;
the warrior would not, they weened, again,
proud of conquest, come to seek
their mighty master. to many it seemed
the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.
the ninth hour came.
which of these words best describes the effect this passage creates

dullness

suspense

horror

sorrow

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.