-Relate one of Hughes personal Experiences to one of his poems.

In the poem "Let America be America again" Hughes speaks about how America is suppose to be a free country and such great place to dream and accomplish, but how it really is not and how America was never "America" to him. This relates to him because this is the country where no man is better than any other but him as being a Negro was always discriminated by whites.


-YAZ <3

Poetry Responce to "Braver"

-I can infer that the speaker of the poem "Braver" is bored about her life. She is sick and tired of the same routine every single day

-The word that best describes how the poet is feeling is spiritless. This is so, because she mentions in the poem that she puts on the same boring outfit every single day followed by the line "I wish I were braver", meaning she desires to be more courageous and daring so maybe her life would be more arousing.

-The meaning of this poem is that it takes courage and bravery to make your life exciting.

-I do not connect with this poem because I do not choose to follow the same routine every day like the speaker, and I am not afraid to be different or to make a change.



-Yasmerlin Paulino

Poetry vs. Prose

The passage I read was about how in Birmingham, Alabama Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. and a group of other people, including children fought for colored peoples rights and freedom, and to end segregation. The participated in sit-ins in restaurants and marched. Police Officers reacted with violence. They would use fire hoses and release fierce dogs at the people. Many children were hurt as well. In fact most of the protestants were children and teens, unfortunately they would get severely hurt simply for standing up for what they believe in.

The poem I read "Ballad of Birmingham" is about child who wants to march for his/her freedom in the streets of Birmingham. The child asks his/her mother for permission and her mother does not allow her to do so. Instead the mother send the child to church thinking that there he/she would be safe unlike in the Freedom March. However they bombed the church and the mother was left heartbroken. As soon as she heard the explosion she rushed to find her child but could only find the child's shoe.

In my opinion, the poem was way more interesting to read than the passage. This is so because in the poem i can feel whats going on as if it were happening in my life. In the passage there are no emotions or feelings involved.


-Yasmerlin Paulino

Yesterday I was reading the book "A Child Called It". I read about how Davids mother Continuously abuses him. There were not many words of witch I did not know the meaning of. However there was one word, it was summoned.

It was pretty easy to figure out what it meant. I used context clues and then search up the definition online to make sure i had it correct. I found out that summoned means to be sent for or to be obligated to do something.