1. Let America be America Again
He speaks of how America is supposed to be the land of love but how it never was that to him. ... For example "the negro bearing slavery's scar" and "the red man driven from the land" and it also mentions "the immigrant clutching the hope I seek". ... The poem speaks of young men who dream of growing up and making their own profit but finding the world an "ancient endless chain of profit, power, gain, of grab the land". ... He says how the dream is almost dead today because of slavery and all the other injustices in America at that day and age. ... America is supposed to be a ...
- Word Count: 652
- Approx Pages: 3
- Grade Level: High School