Read the excerpt from "Harlem. " Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues. " Droning a drowsy syncopated tune Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon In both poems, Hughes uses the imagery to establish tone. Offer background information. Convey a criticism. Conjure pleasant memories.

Which set of lines provides the best textual evidence for why death ought not be proud? a)and soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and souls' delivery! b)one short sleep past we wake eternally and death shall be no more: death thou shalt die! c)death be not proud though some have call'd thee mighty and dreadful for thou art not so: d)from rest and sleep which but thy picture be 5 much pleasure then from thee much more must flow