Analysis Of Langston Hughes Theme For English B

In the poem, “Theme for English B”, the speaker self-identifies as a black person specifically a black male. When the speaker states the line, “the only colored student in my class,” it is portraying a sense of self-identity. Reading the first half of the poem, it is noticeable that the speaker highlights the ways in which his ethnicity separates him, physically and figuratively, from his white classmates and professor. Also, the speaker gives us a symbol of segregation because he talks about how his life is somewhat limited due to it. He shows this by stating in another line that his professor is “somewhat more free” because he is “older -- and white.” I believe Langston Hughes’ poem mentions the self-identity aspect of being a black man,