SHATTERING THE DARKNESS In the poem "As I Grew Older " by Langston Hughes, a young man is thinking about his goals and that he cannot achieve them because of racial prejudice. The theme of the poem is that prejudice is used to keep people from accomplishing their dreams. Hughes expresses this idea by using imagery, anaphora, and a symbol. Imagery helps Hughes to show how prejudice is used to keep people from accomplishing their goals. …
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