Problem
In Section 2 of "Let America be America Again" by Langston Hughes, the poem begins with: "I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart" and ends with: "The poorest worker bartered through the years."
• What words and phrases are repeated several times in this section of the poem? What effect does this use of repetition achieve for the message and/or tone of the poem?
• What American values and cultural norms does the speaker criticize in the stanza beginning "I am the young man"? Who suffers because of these values and norms?