Which word best describes the mood of this stanza from longfellow's "an april day? "
when the warm sun, that brings
seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
't is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs
the first flower of the plain.

What is the main idea of “young lions, young ladies”?

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.

How would the play the still alarm have been different if it was not a parody and the characters reacted normally to the fire in the hotel?