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Match the lines from each poem to the mood or tone they convey. Tiles nostalgia Tomorrow/ I'll be at the table/ When company comes (from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes) resentment Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. (from "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) resilience Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made eternally to weep. (from "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen) hope They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong . . . (from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes) Pairs arrowBoth arrowBoth arrowBoth arrowBoth

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1- Nostalgia: Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. (From "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)  

Here, the poet reminisces about his native city of Portland, Maine. He remembers the streets, the trees and the shore very dearly.

2- Resentment: Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made eternally to weep. (From "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen)

In his poem, Cullen express his discontent with white people reaping the rewards of black people's hard work. He resents white people for the way they treat them, and believes that they will come a time where black people will be happy again.

3- Resilience: They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong . . . (From "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)

Despite being discriminated, Hughes endures his situations and, instead of giving up, he eats and grows strong for the future.

 

4- Hope - Tomorrow/ I'll be at the table/ When company comes (From "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)  

Huges keeps the faith and believes that there will come a time where he will be the master of the house and will be sitting at the table, even when there is company.

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