In the poem Let America Be America, Langston Hughes reflects on the failure of the United States to fulfill the American dream. ... Hughes could have used the poem to speak for one race of people, but he didn't. ... The poem has no particular rhyme scheme but it does use assonance and consonance. ... It is Hughes" most important line of the poem when he swears "America will be!" ... Hughes ends the poem in a way that shows his real strength and determination. ...

• Word Count: 721
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Several authors such as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen confronted this situation of the incomplete American dream with literature that proposed the irony of its society. ... His poems expressed the impatience of African Americans to become treated equally. ... There was also an African American author by the name of Langston Hughes. He became very famous for his poem "I Too", which also spoke of the same inconsistencies. ... Hughes even threatened the white system by promising change someday. ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Race Separation "Theme for English B" is a poem by Langston Hughes in which a black student in a predominantly white college takes a writing assignment as an opportunity to ponder over the complicated issue of race relations in America. ... The second half of the poem is more concerned with the similarities and differences between the speaker and the instructor. ... Langston Hughes is not bitter towards race relationships in America, although many of the lines can be interpret as conveying feelings of hatred. ... Hughes lists his interest which help to locate him. ... The final stanza of...

• Word Count: 971
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The first draft of "Thanatopsis," his most famous poem, was written when he was 16 years of age, and he was only 27 years old when his first published volume, Poems, appeared in 1821. ... In 1917 her collection Renascence and Other Poems was published. ... Langston Hughes (1902-1967) - American writer, known for the use of jazz and black folk rhythms in his poetry. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and educated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poe...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The poem talks about an American ship that has hand much experience in war. ... This view is present in "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. ... This poem tells Whitman of how she (representing the Hispanics) can do just as much as anyone else ever could. ...

• Word Count: 412
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

After reading and discussing the poems: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, "I Too" by Langston Hughes, and "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, I realize that culture is all around us. ... Emma Lazarus, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes help culture to matter in America. ...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Vincent Millay became extremely popular with their poems of the rush of the 1920's. ... Countee Cullen and Claude McKay were popular for their poems against these events. Langston Hughes was also an extremely popular poet who condemned violence against African Americans and spoke proudly of being black in his poems. ...

• Word Count: 909
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School