Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes

“Let America be America Again” is a poem about how Hughes claims that the great nation of America has simply lost its sense of pure patriotism. The theme of this would be the corruption and inequality in America. Langston Hughes fully believes that the dream and foundations American was initially built off has dissipated. He states, “There’s never been equality for me,” claiming that the nation within itself has lost its own idea of equality. An example for symbolism in this poem would be “O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet.” Here, the author states that we need to allow America to be what it was built to be, but he is symbolizing that to this day, the people have never let the land truly be the American dream.