1. “dream variations” by langston hughes and “the tropics in new york” by claude mckay both depict a longing for another place. what are the places and what do they represent?

2. in langston hughes’s poem “i, too,” the speaker refers to himself as “the darker brother.” in “a black man talks of reaping,” the speaker refers to the white man’s children as “my brother’s sons.” why is it significant that the poets used the word brother? how do the two poems use the word differently?

3. what role does freedom play in the poems from this unit? choose three of the poems and describe how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom or the desire for it.