Analysis

1		Identify the mood expressed in "The Weary Blues," "Song for a Dark Girl," and "Harlem." What accounts for the consistency?
2		Based on his poetry, what does Hughes see as the role of music in the "black experience"?

Interpretation

3		What does the seemingly compliant voice reveal lying behind the façade in "Dream Boogie"?
4		Discuss the metaphor of the "feet" in "Feet Live Their Own Life."

Evaluation

5		Why does the voice/narrator of "Dream Boogie" refrain from articulating the revelation behind the "boogie woogie"?
6		Why is Simple's exit from the bar contradictory or ironic? How is it consistent with some assumptions that you might draw from his situation?