'Let America Be America Singing' By Langston Hughes

“The home of the free and the brave every heart beats true where there's never a boast or brag” is from the song “Grand Ol’ Flag.” Walt Whitman would agree with this song because his poem “I Hear America Singing” give a positive look on America just like the song refers to America and how everyone is free. However Langston Hughes's poem was disagreeing with Witman, but Hughes's describes in his poem how much he wants freedom in America. Whitman wrote his poem in the mid 1800’s although Hughes wrote his poem in the mid 1900’s this fact is important, because it changes the people's perspective. Slavery or inequality did not become a real huge problem until the 1900’s. The poems “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America Again” are similar, because they are both taking a look at America. In the poem “ I Hear America Singing,” it states,”I hear America singing the various carols I hear.” Whitman is discussing America singing because they are very jubilant and prideful about their jobs. The poem “Let America Be America Again” informs us that, “ it was never America to me.’’ These two quotes might sound completely different, but they are alike, because they are both referring to America. Also both poems use the same literary device of a metaphor. In the poem “I Hear America Singing it says, “ The carpenter …show more content…
“I Hear America Singing” is written in free verse ; however Hughes wrote his poem to where it rhymed. The theme of the two poems voice different perspectives the theme of “I Hear America Singing” is more patriotic and prideful, but “Let America Be America Again” is frustrated and disappointed, because of the inequality and discrimination. In the text, “Let America Be America Again” it says, “who said the free? this means everyone calls America land of the free, therefore does America sound as promising when you hear Hughes