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In all poems there is a theme, whether the theme be obvious from the start or it be one that is difficult to find. No matter how long or short a poem or how complicated or simple every poem that you read will have a theme. In "Beale Street Love" by Langston Hughes, the poem illustrates a theme that would be along the lines of a dangerous love. Hughes demonstrates this quality over and over again by depicting an abusive love with his powerful words. Even though the poem is short in length, the words are so powerful that it completely takes you aback to a dangerous love situation. For example, Hughes uses such words as "crushing the lips, blackening the eyes, hit me again…" These words lead one to believe that there is definitely a feeling of love, fear, and embarrassment which in turn would lead to a potentially dangerous situation for whomever was in this predicament. I believe the poet handles this theme very well in the sense that it lets one in on something so common but yet so fe...