In the 3rd stanza, Hughes writes "I come to the Y,/ the Harlem Branch Y." Which of the following are possible meanings of this statement?
To share his inquiry with the audience, as to "why?" he is being asked to do this assignment.
To show a figurative contrast between his college identity and his life off campus.
He literally left the priviledged world of the college campus to write at the Harlem Branch YMCA.
To illustrate how the college and Harlem divide him, both literally and figuratively. The letter Y is shaped like a fork in the road for him.