Questions

1. What associations does Langston Hughes make with jazz in this poem? Consider the words as well as the rhythm and syntax in the poem.

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   Questions: - What associations does Langston Hughes make with jazz in this poem? Consider the words as well as the rhythm and syntax in the poem.
2. What do the women mentioned in the poem—the dancing girl, Eve, and Cleopatra—have in common? What does that common ground say about jazz?

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   Questions: - What do the women mentioned in the poem—the dancing girl, Eve, and Cleopatra—have in common? What does that common ground say about jazz?
3. What does it mean that Hughes moves the setting of the poem from “In a Harlem cabaret” (l. 3) to “In a whirling cabaret” (l. 16)?

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   Questions: - What does it mean that Hughes moves the setting of the poem from “In a Harlem cabaret” (l. 3) to “In a whirling cabaret” (l. 16)?