The poem
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
I have as much right As the other fellow has To stand On my two feet And own the land.
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.
Freedom Is a strong seed Planted In a great need.
I live here, too. I want freedom Just as you.
I am born on america soil and want my freedom now.
They say we are free. But I feel we a still held in bondage, it is in a different form. Every American Citizen
should read this poem and reflect on how he or shee is living her life. We all have a right to choose but can we without being opress by the laws goveren by your state.
i think this poem effects more than just americans, imagine all those people who don't even have the right to speak their minds. also this is definitely clearly relevant to the times of segregation for african americans, hughes himself was black and never was able to shout that he is truly happy and has freedom and equal rights and that is what he was fighting fo
we shall respect one another as children of god and let the prisioners of there country free. let the hungry eat at the table no matter what color dont be racist to your kind grow up to a world of freedom .
This poem touched something deep inside. It happens so often that in the business of our daily lives, we forget about what is going on in the world and we become desensitized. We should stand up for the right no matter where we are and protest against the wrong no matter how far from our homes it is taking place.
This is good
Corporate Personhood
Hughes' poem is concise and unambiguous. I wonder though...Would Hughes' be ok with a Corporation such as McDonald's or Exxon/Mobil reciting his poem. That is, essentially what the Supreme Court has decided in the recent first amendment case brought before the court by a Corporately funded group called Citizens United! According to the Supreme Court, corporations deserve free speech rights! Corporate personhood will…
Read the whole commentHughes' poem is concise and unambiguous. I wonder though...Would Hughes' be ok with a Corporation such as McDonald's or Exxon/Mobil reciting his poem. That is, essentially what the Supreme Court has decided in the recent first amendment case brought before the court by a Corporately funded group called Citizens United! According to the Supreme Court, corporations deserve free speech rights! Corporate personhood will eventually spell the end of democratic representative government. Bye, bye America! That is, unless we get out and do what Hughes suggested. We need a grassroots movement to amend the constitution to disallow corporate personhood and all corporate sponsorship of out lawmakers and government officials. Corporations belong in a subservient role in our society, not the dominant role that they have developed over the last few decades.
ENGLISH
As it is suggested by the Scholars that whatever Writers
write it must reflects the society in which he or she
lives so Hughes Poem reflects the way Black Americans were treated were tortured,humiliated,harassed and not allowed to participate full in Political matters in short they had no say which are against with Human rights as declared in 1948.So we need FREEDOM through it DEMOCRACY could be attained.Congratulation to the writer for being FREEDOM FIGHTER.
Form and Structuce
I want to know the form and structure of the poem "Democracy by Langston Hughes" and "I Know why the Cage Bird Sings by Maya Angelou". Can anyone help me? I really need your help, please...