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Hughes's expression of the vibrant folk culture of Black people established his writing as a (i)_____in the history of African American literature. Especially and predictably, most of his folk poems have the (ii)_____marks of this folk culture's oral tradition. There is a deceptive veil of artlessness in these poems. Hughes prided himself on being an (iii)_____and impressionistic writer of poetry. His, he insisted, was not an artfully constructed poetry. Yet an analysis of his dramatic monologues and other poems reveals that his poetry was carefully and artfully crafted.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A rigidity D distinctive G well-prepared
B characteristic E resemble H impromptu
C landmark F acrimonious I ambiguous

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