5 6 7 8 9 10 TIME REMAINING 57:20 Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues! Sw
aying to and fro on his rickety stool He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! In a deep song voice with a melancholy tone I heard that Negro sing, that old piano moan— "Ain't got nobody in all this world, Ain't got nobody but ma self. I’s gwine to quit ma frownin' And put ma troubles on the shelf." What is the effect of repeating the phrase “piano moan” in the poem? It sets a sad, mournful tone. It adds a cheerful, melodic chord. It adds an open, musical sound. It sets an angry, discordant tone
If someone calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring things out. ... Perceptive is derived from the Latin word percipere which means "to obtain or gather." A perceptive person is good at gathering information and using her senses to take in the world.
