Let Usa Be America Again Summary

Over all, the poem helps imagine a possible student siting in a desk, reading a poem, and pulling his/ her hair out. Also the poem’s sound seems to be rushed. Together with the tone, it makes the poem sound like an angry student speaking very fast as to why he/she hates poetry. The rhythm seems to be regular. It shows to have a regular beat of unstress and distress. Each line follows a beat, but the lines don’t rhyme. The poem seems to show a few figures of speech. “Has difficulty retaining such things as addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables” meaning has a hard time understanding the poem more than math (Collins). “May recognize a word one day and not the next” means the reader would have a hard time remembering the overall meaning od a poem and its means (Collins). Also it would mean that the reader was very annoyed that he/she forgot everything about the

The poem is structured in a way which follows the proper metre for a sonnet, however, it is unusual in a sense that it is free verse and has no rhyme scheme. The sentences are broken to fit the iambic pentameter. This creates pauses, and a choppiness in the flow

Our America by LeAlan Jones and LLoyd Newman makes readers feel bad about children deaths in Chicago which inspires people to help even though it makes readers feel bad.

The fact that enjambment is used throughout the poem such as in the lines, “like a colour slide or press an ear against its hive” portrays a lack of structure and therefore emphasizes the initial enjoyment one feels when reading a poem before the chore of analyzing it begins. This is also emphasized through the fact that the poem is a free verse poem.

In Langston Hughes poem “Let America be America Again” he talks about how America should return to the way that it was perceived to be in the dreams before America was truly America. Throughout the poem he uses various methods to evoke the patriotic images and dreams that he feels America should and will eventually be. Hughes states that America is supposed to be a place of equality for everyone including both white and colored people. During this period in time though there was not equality for everyone. Hughes talks about an America where both whites and colored people will have equality in all aspects socially, politically, and economically. What Hughes is saying is that both whites and colored

James Baldwin and Langston Hughes wrote two pieces of literature, Baldwin's letter to his nephew at the beginning of The Fire Next Time and Hughes’ “Let America be America Again”, to show how minorities, specifically African-American, struggled in America. Both authors write how about minorities are oppressed and how they have to fight oppression in order to realize “The American Dream” and overcome obstacles the white American man did not have. The two pieces give an insight on how, not only the African-Americans but also “the red man” and “the refugee”, are oppressed in America. Leonard Pitts work is about how Americans tip-toe around the problems is their country. Pitts statement in his article is that Americans need to realize what is wrong with America and how they need to work together to fix it.

Social workers fulfill a unique role in policy creation because that is a time for them to advocate for the oppressed or individuals who are attempting to cope with the stresses of everyday life. Most social workers have the opportunity to work hands on in the field with clients during some point in their career, and during that time they are able to get a clear understanding of the problem the client is experiencing. In The Other America, Harrington makes mention of the poor and how they lost their connections to the world; that clearly depicts the importance of the social workers’ involvement with the creation of policy (Harrington, 1962). Since those living in poverty have been referred to as “politically invisible,” social workers are

Written in the first half of the 20th century, “Let America Be America” is a poem that documents and responds to the oppressed state of the United States, in both the past and present. The poem is a plea for a return to the original principles of freedom that our country has seemingly forgotten. Additionally, the speaker sees America as the broken home to oppressed people who have lost sight of the ultimate goal of freedom and happiness. Although America is often perceived as the “land of the free,” Langston Hughes’s poem contradicts this ideology by not only painting a vivid picture of oppression in America but also by providing a desperate hope for the future.

The purpose of a preface is to introduce the subject of the book to the reader, and this book accomplishes that goal. Kinzer perfectly begins his book by telling the reader about a conversation he had with an Iranian woman at a book party. He recounted that they had a cordial conversation and that politics really didn’t play a part. That was until the woman brought up the fact that she was related to Prime Minister Mossadegh and Kinzer, naturally intrigued, inquired if she could tell him anything about the coup against him. He noted that she quickly became agitated, crying out, “Why did you Americans do such a horrible thing?” She went on to say, “We loved America. To us America was the great country, the perfect country” and “I can tell

In poetry, there is often the use of many words that may seem a bit strange to the average reader. These words are often more complex than what is actually meant, but are used to enhance the reading and make it more enjoyable to the reader. Other words would make the poem less smooth, and that is why such complexity arises. These words shape a type of metaphor, which is referred to as a kenning.

The structure of the poem resembles the form of a conversation between a mother and her son. It is free verse and written in the vernacular, which means that it mimic the patterns of a speech and diction of a conversation.

The emdashes, commas, question marks, colons, and periods etc. affect how the poem is read. An example of this is “tighten and pull. Tighten and pull.” Taking just this part by itself creates an iambic tetrameter. The rest of this line doesn’t follow the rhyme making it inconsistent and jarring throughout.

The syntax is also constant throughout the poem. For example, the fourth stanza’s syntax is quite similar to all the other stanzas. “He pines not for the light of day Nor sighs for freedom now; Such weary thoughts have ceased at length To rack his burning brow.” The steady, constant sentence structure may suggest that there is little variety in the prisoner’s present life. Until the poem nears it’s end, action only takes place within the man’s mind.

Briefly mention the poem's structure. Make note of the use of Enjambment or the juxtaposition of words.

When analyzing a poem, it is important to understand the language that is being used. When applying discourse theory to a poem, it is important to analyze the language beyond the sentence itself. Discourse analysis studies the natural use of language, rather than the invented examples. The main objective of discourse analysis is to create a better understanding of how language is used through textual features and what effects it has on that investment. Texts often require these features that enables the reader to understand the motivation of that author. In his poem, Grass, Carl Sanburg utilizes verbs, proper nouns, and nouns to efficiently erase the signs of the past.