The Weary Blues

What type of imagery is used in the poem?

• Auditory 
• Visual 
• Tactile 
• Auditory & Visual 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is ironic about the poem?

• The description of the setting
• A Negro singing to the blues
• How the Negro is presented in the passage
• The lyrics he sang in his song compared to how he felt while singing 

What is the purpose of the poem? 

• Show the audience a parallel between this poem and the beginning of the modernist era 
• To show the joy of the Negro's song with an ironic twist 

The meaning of the word droning most likely means what? 
"Droning a drowsy syncopated tune" 

• Ignoring 
• Gardening 
• Humming
• Surveying 

Which lines are examples of anaphora?

• Lines 6-7
• Line 23
• Lines 25-28
• Lines 19-20