(America never was America to me ) Let America … Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himse f is free. Let it be the pioneer on the plain. Hughes writes how the American lifestyle, is what an immigrant looks forward to, when planning on coming to America. O, let America be America again-- The land that never has been yet-- And yet must be--the land where every man is free. The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME-- Who made America, Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain, Must bring back our mighty dream again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Seeking a home where he himself is free. Let America be America again. Let America Be America Again ­ annotation lesson.notebook 5 February 11, 2014. Feb 4­10:40 AM. Let America Be America Again Lyrics. In addition, there are 4 quatrains, 2 sextets, 1 octet, a twelve liner, ten liner, nine liner, quintet, and a seven liner. The layout is quite unusual. Hughes try’s to stress the American beliefs of freedom, and prosperity. Let America Be America Again is an 86 line poem split into 17 stanzas, 3 of which are single lines, 2 of which are couplets. The poem "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes is a poem that emphasizes the American dream.