America Singing And Let America Be America Again: Poem Analysis
“We made America.” This quote from “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes, explains that every individual group of people helped build America and helped make it successful as a nation. Also these groups had some different and similar ideas of the American Dream. The idea of the American Dream is introduced in “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes. These groups of individuals had a dream of being successful in America. The American Dream promotes the idea that our country is full of dreams and opportunities. While Whitman and Hughes both agree that there is an American Dream that exist, they both have different ideas and perspectives on who will be able to achieve that dream.
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Whitman’s poem is a free verse, but as for Hughes’, he wrote a traditional poem. So Whitman focused on issues of the Industrial Revolution and immigrants in America in “I Hear America Singing”. Hughes focused on issues of Civil Rights in “Let America Be America Again. Therefore, Whitman’s would focus on individuals finding jobs. The purpose of “I Hear America Singing” is to celebrate workers and success in America. Whitman lists a few individuals of different workers. One example of an individual with a job, “Those of mechanics - each one singing his, at it should be, blithe and strong;” (Whitman). However, the purpose in “Let America Be America Again” is to inform people about inequality. (There’s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) (Hughes). The tone in Whitman’s poem is patriotic, as for Hughes’, the tone is frustrated. In addition, the theme in “I Hear America Singing” is about individual workers and liberty that makes America great. However, the theme in “Let America Be America Again” is about individuals who feel excluded from the American dream. Those are some differences in “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America
Whitman’s poem is a free verse, but as for Hughes’, he wrote a traditional poem. So Whitman focused on issues of the Industrial Revolution and immigrants in America in “I Hear America Singing”. Hughes focused on issues of Civil Rights in “Let America Be America Again. Therefore, Whitman’s would focus on individuals finding jobs. The purpose of “I Hear America Singing” is to celebrate workers and success in America. Whitman lists a few individuals of different workers. One example of an individual with a job, “Those of mechanics - each one singing his, at it should be, blithe and strong;” (Whitman). However, the purpose in “Let America Be America Again” is to inform people about inequality. (There’s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”) (Hughes). The tone in Whitman’s poem is patriotic, as for Hughes’, the tone is frustrated. In addition, the theme in “I Hear America Singing” is about individual workers and liberty that makes America great. However, the theme in “Let America Be America Again” is about individuals who feel excluded from the American dream. Those are some differences in “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America