Analysis Of Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes was an American poet, whose African-American themes made him a main contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
He’s the brains behind "Let America be America Again" and many other pieces of poetry. When first reading "Let America be America Again" I was really intrigued about why and how he was displaying all the different cultures and races in America and how it always ends the same way because they are overpowered by the rich and powerful. After analyzing this poem, I believe that Langston Hughes shows that America is once again America, must accept all the people living in it. This theme was communicated through the use of the abstract language poet, personification, and its history.
This poem shows and defines a great deal of american identity.
It shows how america needs to be as how america was advertised,as the land of the free and equality.

Langston Hughes demonstrates his ideas by giving examples using abstract language. He does this to give the words use a wider and stronger meaning and use them in ways that only he can. Things and objects hold greater significance and always have …show more content…

He also uses "faith" and "pain" tremendously as a way to show what they feel, who have faith and do not know what to do in their current situation. "Black" is also used in abstract ways.
He uses “Black” to show how they have been called by the rest of the people, and uses it as an insult to African-American culture. The use of different and abstract language helps poetry create significant meanings because it makes poetry not just literal, but deeper and makes the reader think that there may be a different meaning for each reader, because the word might have many different meanings. Here are some examples of abstract language of use in "Both in America and America

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