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The Harlem Renaissance and Poetry

Hailey Tinney

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The Harlem Renaissance and Poetry

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What is your favorite song at the moment? What do you like about it? What lyrics from the song do you enjoy the most and why? When you listen to the song, how does it make you feel?

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

The Harlem Renaissance was an arts movement that began in and around Harlem New York around the 1920's and spanned into the late 1930's. The movement used art in all its various forms to both celebrated black Americans and continued the fight for civil rights.

Important Terms:

Quatrain: A stanza that consists of only four lines. Shakespearean (English) Sonnet: A poem divided into 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet that rhymes abab cdcd efef gg. One of our poems for today is an English sonnet, do you know which?