Theme For English B Tone

“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes is about a twenty two year old colored man trying to write a poem for college. In the poem, “Theme for English B”, Hughes uses straightforward diction and a truthful tone to explain that all humans are the same even though some are more privileged than others. First off, he writes what his instructor’s students were supposed to do. “‘Go home and write/ a page tonight./ And let that page come out of you-/ Then, it will be true’” (2-5). Langston does let the page come out of him, stating what he does straightforwardly, what he likes and what he wants. He stays truthful and the poem itself sounds and has the feel of truthfulness. Hughes then writes, “You are white-/ yet a part of me, as I am a part of