What do we learn about the Blues and the Blues singer from this poem? Why does he sleep like "a man that's dead" at the end of the poem?
How beats per line are there in "Sylvester's Dying Bed"? How does this rhythm influence the tone of the poem?
Who speaks in the extremely brief poem "Wake," and how might we sum up the speaker's overall sentiment?
Besides the lack of sugar, what is the conflict between the two characters in "Early Evening Quarrel"?
Can you think of any connection between the poem "Beale Street" and its title? What might that be?
How does the reference to distance in "Border Line" relate to other references to distance in other poems that we have read so far by Hughes?