USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Race, Identity, and Belonging. “Theme for English B” is a poem about the complexities of identity in a racist society. Its speaker-a black student at Columbia University in the 1950s-receives an apparently straightforward assignment: to write one page about himself.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Theme for B English’ contains both irony and alliteration to emphasize the speaker’s challenges with the writing assignment. The irony highlights how as the only African-American student, he feels as an outsider to the class, and he does not want to lose his connection to Harlem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of course, the poem talks about themes like truth and freedom and race, and the word “theme” in the title could refer to the overall feeling and pattern of thoughts that the class touches on.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Theme for English B” is written in free verse-it stays the track of no one rhythmic pattern; it has no regular rhyme scheme. It does, however, establish patterns. The instructor’s homework assignment, for instance, is in an aabb rhyme pattern.