“Let America Be America Again”
Discussion Questions
- According to stanza 1, what does the poet want?
- What do stanzas 2, 4, 6, 12, and 16 have in common?
- Who are the dreamers in this poem?
- What specific things have interfered with the dream?
- Which lines in the poem compare to the poem “Montage of a Dream Deferred”?
- How does this poem help us to understand “Montage of a Dream Deferred”?
- Why do you think Hansberry selected “Montage of a Dream Deferred” as the preface to her play?
- According to the poems, what major obstacle has interfered with African Americans’ quest for the American Dream?
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