Read the excerpt from "Harlem." Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." Droning a drowsy syncopated tune Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon In both poems, Hughes uses the imagery to

In “Harlem,” the images of rotten meat and a syrupy sweet help create a vivid, questioning tone about what happens to a deferred dream. In “The Weary Blues,” the drowsy tune and mellow croon create a relaxed, musical tone. Both excerpts use imagery chiefly to establish tone, rather than to offer background information or conjure memories.

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