Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again
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...of the free" but is it? For the poor, the black, the Indian and others it is not. Langston Hughes addresses this issue in his poem, Let America be America again. He repeatedly reiterates the fact that "(America never was America to me.)"; "(There's never been equality for me,/ Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")" and "I say it plain,/ America never was America to me,/ And yet I swear this oath /America will be!". The poem addresses the fact that the American Dream is or was not possible for a great many Americans. It ends, however, with a declarative statement that leaves no doubt that the author believes that things will change.
There's an image associated with the words 'America' and 'American' that connotes a feeling of unity, freedom and equality. Hughes' poem, done in a limited rhyming form that follows (pretty much) an 'a, b, a, b' pattern, declares that the America of the image is not the America of experience for a great many people living here. He argues...
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