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What effect does Hughes achieve by repeating the phrase "does it" in "Harlem"?

a. Short words and hard consonants create a sense of angry uncertainty.
b.Short words and questions demonstrate Hughes's confidence.
c.The repetition creates a sense of peace and serenity for the reader.
d.The repetition highlights Hughes’s feelings of self-respect.

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its A: Short words and hard consonants create a sense of angry uncertainty

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The answer is A. This short sonnet is one of Hughes' most renowned works; it is likely the most well-known Langston Hughes ballad instructed in American schools. Hughes expressed "Harlem" in 1951, and it tends to one of his most basic topics - the impediments of the American Dream for African Americans. The ballad has eleven short lines in four stanzas, and everything except one line are questions.
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