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English 102 college class-poetry

American Then and Now : A Poem Analysis

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American Then and Now : A Poem Analysis

Langston Hughes ' Let America Be America Again ' reveals the dismay of the speaker about the social condition of America

at the time and how the country is yet to attain its reputation as the home of the free Written from the first-person point of view , the speaker vents out frustration at the racial inequalities that cut across American society while expressing hope that America will be ' the America that the dreamers dreamed ' at the same time . Generally , the speaker aims his or her criticisms to no particular individual but the entire American society . Taken in the context of the bitterness of the tone of the poem especially in the parts where the speaker narrates whose voices he or she is representing , the speaker directs his or her attention to the reader who may not at all be aware of the social conditions pervading America at the time . Interestingly , the tone of the poem is not bitter or frustrated throughout the entire length of the poem . The poem begins with several stanzas that are imbued with emotionless force , proceeds with what appears...

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