Let America Be America Again

LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN



Let the States Be the States Again
Juan A Severino
S breakh University
incline II Literature
Instructor: Julie Kares
05/01/10

The poem Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes purpose widey is reminiscent of (Walt Whit human beingss) I Hear America Singing in which Whitman is optimistic well-nigh this land of democratic opportunity. Hughes, Hughes was the first African American originator to support himself through his writing; he produced more than sixty books. He earned critical attention for his portrayal of naturalistic black characters and he became one of the dominant voices speaking out on issue concerning black culture. He wrote in many another(prenominal) genres; starting and continuing with poetry, he turned to fiction, autobiographies, and childrens books. His nearly famous fictional character is Jesse B. Semple, nickname Simple, who uses humor to refuse and satirize the existing injustice. Hughes, however, writing from a black mans perspective, is much less optimistic about what America has been or will be.



While Whitmans poem was genuinely unstructured in blank verse, Hughess poem is more tightly controlled with rhyme, tone, rhetorical questions, and more unified with repeated anaphora. Langston Hughes uses intension well in this poem to evoke both of the wonderfully patriotic images of America but also to make the ratifier question this images. These images are very vivid; the idea of scars connotes both the violence and beatings of slavery, which makes the reader even more passionate of the reading. Langston Hughes ends the poem on an optimistic note. (It never was America to me). His tone in the poem also contributes to the meaning. His tone seems almost confessional, like the poet is talking about his own experience in America. Hughes points out all the flaws in the ideas of equal opportunity and freedom in his poem. passim the poem, Hughes uses rhetorical question to cause...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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