Question 8 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC
In “Harlem,” the image of something that “sags like a heavy load” suggests a burden that weighs a person down. In “The Weary Blues,” the singer’s mournful lyrics express pain and hardship, so they resemble that emotional burden. Choice A best connects the poems; the line does not specifically describe the audience or the physical strain of performing.
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