Question

Match the lines from each poem to the mood or tone they convey.

nostalgia
resentment
resilience
hope
Tomorrow
I'll be at the table
When company comes
(from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)
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Often in thought go up and down
The pleasant streets of that dear old town,
And my youth comes back to me.
(from "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
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Not everlastingly while others sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more subtle brute;
We were not made eternally to weep.
(from "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen)
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They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong . . .
(from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)
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Answer 1

Nostalgia = "Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me

Resentment = Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made eternally to weep

Resilience = "They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong"

Hope = Tomorrow I'll be at the table When company comes

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Nostalgia = "Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me

Resentment = Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made eternally to weep

Resilience = "They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong"

Hope = Tomorrow I'll be at the table When company comes