Daybreak+in+Alabama

Marcos M.
=Daybreak in Alabama =



Introduction
This poem was written by African American poet [|Langston Hughes] in June of 1940 during the [|Harlem Renaissance]. Langston was different from other black poets in that he told stories that reflect his people's culture. In this poem, he addresses the importance of non-discriminating unity and connects idea to nature([|Academy of American Poets]). During these period, Hughes started writing poems in universities and also joined the [|American Peace Mobilization]. He also began to write for movies, but these hopes were ended due to racial discrimination in the industry ([|Langston Hughes]). These factors may have influenced his poetry.

===Excerpt from __"[|Daybreak in Alabama"]__ ===

//When I get to be a composer I'm gonna write me some music about [|Daybreak] in Alabama And I'm gonna put the purtiest songs in it Rising out of the ground like a [|swamp mist] And falling out of heaven like soft dew.//

-Langston Hughes media type="file" key="Dbreak_alabm_audio.m4a"



Analysis
Hughes says that he wants to be a composer of a song of where people of all races can come together and participate in this "song". He uses the term song because its is a from of art, like poetry. He makes reference to nature in the beginning of the poem, and then in people of different ethnicity, to show that diversity isn't a problem in nature. We should work together just as the "tall trees" and "pine needles" do. Langston shows how different species like trees and swamps live in a [|harmonious] nature, suggesting that we should be the same. Human beings, no matter how diverse, are all part of Earth.

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Langston Hughes, "Daybreak in Alabama" Marcos Montalvo