In the poem “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes, the author uses language to exemplify the harsh division of races within America. Though there is no clear pattern of rhyme nor rhythm in the whole poem, when they are used it adds immense value. Rhyme is only truly present during the first stanza when the speaker recalls that “the instructor said,/ go home and write/ a page tonight/ and let that page come out of you-/ Then, it will be true” (1-5). Through this it is shown that the way the white man is talking is at a higher level than that of the speaker, who is a man of color. The amount of education received by each man contributes to this distinction, where most white men went to school, while the speaker was the only African American