america

"America" was written during the Harlem renaissance and portrays the negative and positive aspects of the country. The first half of the poems seems to show the negative aspects of America because of the choice of direction we have chosen. The two key words bitterness and stealing are harsh words that show disgust and painfulness to the country. However the line "I love this culture hell that tests my youth" shows that the speaker appreciates America. To me this means that America has a lot of challenges it has to deal with, but in the end our leaders handle them well. At the end of the poem I get the impression that the speaker doesn't have confidence in the direction the country in going. He believes that the future for America may be dark and downfall from where they currently sit.