Reflection on "Theme for English B"

This poem was interesting to me because the author does a good job expressing how he feels in only a page of writing. I thought the author pulled the interest of his audience into the poem by starting off explaining the assignment he was doing for his class while staying in the right stanza. He then led into the actual poem he was writing for his class all in one poem. I thought the author made several good points in his poem even though it was very short. Sometimes just a few words can make a bigger impact on an individual than a novel can. The author didn’t know what exactly he was going to write about, so he decided to free write instead. In my opinion this is one of the best ways to write something meaningful because you are expressing yourself in that moment. I think this can be therapeutic for an individual because they often write about their feelings that they didn’t even know they felt. The author’s poem first started with basic facts about his childhood. This included where he grew up, his age, and what he likes to do on his free time. The poem then led into the color of his skin and how it has affected him. He probably did not know he felt this way until he wrote this on paper. He expressed himself in a healthy way. 


Here is the website for the poem:
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/English_B.html