Although Shakespeare uses rhyme for a specific purpose, such as when
someone of high status is speaking, when
something important is spoken, or at end of a
scene or Act, he is mostly known for writing in
UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER. This means
that he doesn't use rhyme but he does follow a
rhythmic pattern or meter of an unstressed
syllable followed by a stressed syllable, repeated
five times. What is this called?

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.