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poetry books, novels, plays, essays and so much more. As for his poetry, it is as varied as the forms he wrote in. Hughes published works dealing with racism, Black history and conditions of living.

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Ballads can be based on real-life events ... Looking at limericks and haiku Discover the conventions and the history of short form poetry such as haiku and limericks. What is a sonnet?

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