He is struck on a road just outside Damascus, and his life is readjusted. He then is the recipient of hardship: the Lord will ...
Inspiration and Themes: Hughes wrote “Let America Be America Again” during the Great Depression, a time of widespread ...
The title poem is among the book’s most evocative, framing love as something that, like the prodigal son, departs, endures hardship, and returns—sometimes changed, sometimes forgiven.