Cross By langston Hughes

My old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder were I'm going to die,
Being neither white nor black?
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ANOTHERRR POEEMMM! okay so in this poem "Cross" By Langston Hughes I THINK that he is speaking with a tone of forgiveness, confusion, and curiosity because in the beginning when he talks about his parents he apologizes to both of them for all the evil wishes he had and all the curses he said.
" If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish"
 i think that society is being addressed since he is speaking with a tone of curiosity he is asking questions about his thoughts and confusion.  i think he is also pretty much just emptying his random thoughts that everyone in the world have into this poem and the subject is just where he is going to die, which I'm sure most of us have thought about.  but the twist that he adds to this poem is the racial aspect because he feels that race will have an effect on where you die
"My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder were I'm going to die,
Being neither white nor black? "
his dad being white, died in a nice rich place, and his mother being black she died in "shack"
in the poem he definitely uses rhymes as a poetic device but i feel like the one that stands out in this poem is hyperbole because i feel like when he says that whites die in a nice rich places and black die in shacks i feel as if he went a little too far, or over exaggerated thing by a lot, because i don't feel as if race has an effect on where you die.
the HR theme in this poem i would say is, definitely identification with race.  i think this because i feel that he doesn't know which race that he should or want to identify with and that is really what this poem is all about his thoughts on his racial identity.  i somewhat like this poem but then i somewhat do not like this poem.  i like this poem because just like "Merry-Go-Round" it gets you thinking about what the deeper meaning is and its also short, but then i don't like how he was saying how your race has an effect on were you die and i some what think that, that takes away from the poem.