Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes

“Let America Be America Again” focuses on the idea of the American dream and how for many wanting freedom, equality and happiness which the dream itself to begin impossible to attain Langston Hughes makes the speaker of the poem look for the reasons why this ideal America has been gone , or change, but could still be there . Not the mention that in poem stanza 1-5 it states “Lets it be the dream it use to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain seeking home where he himself is free Let America

pursuit of an ideal. One ideal of particular note is inspiration. So let me ask you this: if we live in a world where inspiration is so easy to come by through poetry, why is our world plagued with inequality and injustice? Why is it the case that race relations, racism and bigotry are never far from the surface? That, ladies and gentlemen, is my question to you. I’m your host James Pullen – welcome to Peace and Poetry. Let

poem “Open Letter to the south” by Langston Hughes is about the inequality of people and how we should all come together as one no matter you skin color. In the Poem “Let America be America Again” also by Langston Hughes is from the perspective of a low class black man and expresses his difficulties. Both “Open Letter to the south” and “let America Be America again” compares the longings for acceptance, hope, and the future. In Let America it talks about how America is a place where people go to be

picture America as the land built on the dreams and hopes of immigrants from around the world. However, Langston Hughes argues that such perception is nothing more than a mirage deceiving people since the start of the nation. Through his poem, Let America Be America Again, he reveals the unjust reality of America by using hortative and ironic diction. Ultimately, he pleads America to embrace the values of freedom and opportunity the country is known for.     In the first part of the poem, Hughes depicts

Langston Hughes has a type of cynical view on America that seems to change its taste as he gets older. The first to look at is “I,Too” where he seems to have a hopeful view of his country and separates the citizens from the country. He says things such as “They’ll see how beautiful I am” which shows that he feels good about his future and the future of racial tension. Which he then transitions into “Let America be America again” where he is crtizieing the American people for saying that they are

change. Langston Hughes, for example, has a fire that has the power to destroy societal negativity. In poetry, the flow of a poets words need to affect people's minds as if they are a hypnotist, and the hearts of the readers should soften. A strong and passionate voice can change events and conflicts, and in the poem “Let America Be America Again,” Langston Hughes displays a strong message with his work that can change a worldwide conflict, which is racism and segregation. Langston Hughes expresses

fireworks. America. America, the Dream. America, the home of the free. The people working towards a common goal-- the American Dream. But what is it? According to Langston Hughes in his piece Let America Be America Again, America needs fixing before she can be the Dream. With the use of parallel structure, rhetorical questioning, and other rhetorical strategies, Hughes calls out the wrongs in America but also states what he believes to be the cure to the poison that has diseased this nation. Hughes uses

poem by Hughes that really stands out to me is Let America Be America Again. He attacks the notion that America is “for the free”, but does so through powerful, metaphoric language. “I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart; I am the negro bearing slavery’s scars; I am the red man driven from the land…” I find this specific passage stands out to me because Hughes takes an opportunity in his poem to expose how life was for others during the early 1900s beyond just the blacks in America. I found

The poem “Let America Be America Again,” by Langston Hughes, brings up two sides to the discussion about what America means to people. It discusses the fact that to some people, America is an amazing land, where people are free from oppression and have rights. The poem, however, does not neglect the fact that there are people who have never experienced those freedoms and rights, nor does it neglect the fact that the people who have not experienced those rights also live in America. The issue about

Idealism in Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes        In the poem "Let America Be America Again," Langston Hughes paints a vivid word picture of a depressed America in the 1930's. To many living in America, the idealism presented as the American Dream had escaped their grasp. In this poetic expression, a speaker is allowed to voice the unsung Americans' concern of how America was intended to be, had become to them, and could aspire to be again.   Using a conversational