After looking at the PowerPoint, More Sight and Sound in Poetry, I would like you to find at least THREEcultural allusionsin Langston Hughes' poem, "Theme for English B."These will be items that he assumes his reader "knows" and "understands" without having to say everything there is to say about them.For instance, if I were to write a poem in this historical moment, I might mention "virus," "mask," "revolution," or "protest." I might mention them overtly or I might simply allude to those ideas. In 30 years, my reader will (hopefully) be on the other side of these events and might wonder what I'm talking about. Or they might simply assume those words and ideas didn't have a deeper meaning. That is, unless they looked at history and learned about the circumstances that we face in the summer of 2020. I want you to look into Hughes' history and see what historical moment he was living in -- unravel what he might be alluding to.
Consider the way we unpacked Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead" as an example.
For "The Jabberwocky," choose three of the nonsense words Carroll uses and give them an English definition. For instance, what might "vorpal" mean? Then tell how your definition of these three words complements the meaning of the poem.
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