Read this excerpt from walt whitman’s poem “i hear america singing” from  leaves of grass. the wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning,          or at noon intermission or at sundownthe delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work,          or of the girl sewing or washing, each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, the day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young          fellows, robust, friendly, singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. why does whitman  most  likely  choose this structure for his poem? a) the lyrical structure reveals the creative sound devices. b) the epic structure reveals a tale of human folly. c) the free verse structure presents a conversational style. d) the traditional structure relies on a familiar rhythm pattern

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.