What is the purpose of the lines in italics

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Questions on "Let America Be America Again"

1. Who is the speaker here? What do you know about him? (How does the fact that the poet himself was African American both help and confuse your understanding of the poem?)

2. Reread the parenthetical lines of the poem. How do these lines contrast to the other sections of the poem? Why do you think they are written this way?

3. What is the purpose of the lines in italics? What does the speaker say there? How does the poem change after those lines?

4. What groups does the speaker describe in lines 19-60? Describe a few in your own words.

5. What do those groups have in common?

6. What does the speaker criticize about society? Give a few examples.

7. What hope is offered at the end of the poem?

8. What poetic elements are most important in this poem?

9. Quote examples of where you see those elements.

10. Why do you think the poet chose to write the poem this way-how do those elements contribute to meaning? How does the way the poem is written reflect the point the poet makes here?

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