The‌ ‌poems‌ ‌by‌ ‌Walt‌ ‌Whitman‌ ‌and‌ ‌Langston‌ ‌Hughes‌ ‌that‌ ‌you‌ ‌read‌ ‌in‌ ‌this‌ ‌ lesson‌ ‌speak‌ ‌about‌ ‌the‌ ‌changing‌ ‌American‌ ‌identity.‌ ‌Revisit‌ ‌the‌ ‌poems,‌ ‌and‌ ‌ then‌ ‌write‌ ‌a‌ ‌three-paragraph‌ ‌response‌ ‌that‌ ‌describes‌ ‌the‌ ‌American‌ ‌identity‌ ‌ from‌ ‌your‌ ‌perspective.‌ ‌How‌ ‌is‌ ‌your‌ ‌American‌ ‌identity‌ ‌different‌ ‌and‌ ‌similar‌ ‌to‌ ‌ the‌ ‌ones‌ ‌described‌ ‌by‌ ‌Whitman‌ ‌and‌ ‌Hughes?‌ ‌Cite‌ ‌evidence‌ ‌from‌ ‌both‌ ‌poems‌ ‌ to‌ ‌support‌ ‌your‌ ‌response.‌ ‌

in afghanistan, yelda, the first month of jadi is the longest night of the year. amir says that yelda was the starless night tormented lovers kept vigil enduring the endless dark, waiting for the sun to raise and bring with it their loved. amir says he became a yelda when he met soraya in america.

shakespeare was famous for writing in iambic pentameter, which is a specific way of rhyming sonnet lines in ten syllables. there are also forms of unrhymed iambic pentameter, as in macbeth, with the noble characters.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.