Daybreak In Alabama, Langston Hughes: Summary & Analysis

"Daybreak In Alabama" by Langston Hughes is a hopeful and vibrant poem that celebrates diversity, unity, and the beauty of the Southern landscape. The poem envisions a world where racial and cultural differences are embraced and celebrated, and where music becomes a medium to connect people across backgrounds. Daybreak In Alabama by Langston Hughes When I get to be a composer I'm gonna write me some music about Daybreak in Alabama And I'm gonna put the purtiest songs in it Rising out of the ground like a swamp mist And falling out of heaven like soft dew. I'm gonna put some tall tall trees in it And the scent of pine needles And the smell of red clay after rain And long red necks And poppy colored faces And big brown arms And the field daisy eyes Of black and white black white black people And I'm gonna put white hands And black hands and brown and yellow hands And red clay earth hands in it Touching everybody with kind fingers And touching each other natural …