English, 25.07.2020 22:01 student0724

Read the excerpt from "Harlem." Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?

Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues."

Droning a drowsy syncopated tune
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon

In both poems, Hughes uses the imagery to

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Read the excerpt from "Harlem." Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-