Question

Which underlying theme is evident in these lines from "The Song Of the Son" by Jean Toomer?

In time, for though the sun is setting on
A song-lit race of slaves, it has not set"
the trials of a large, wealthy family
the guilt and repentance of a race
the stress of managing everyday situations
the African-American experience

Answer 1

The underlying theme of the poem is the slavery or the racial discrimination of the blacks in the American plantations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jean Toomer's "The Song of the Son" is a poem that displays the racial discrimination of the slaves that are working in the fields and plantations in the past. The given excerpt of the poem also mentions "A song-lit race of slaves", but even if the sun has set on that phase of time and history, it is upon the current generation not to forget the "African- American experience" that their forefathers had gone through in their time.

Answer 2

The theme of the poem is basically the American Discrimination.  Discrimination is basically is a term which is used to define the difference b/w two groups on the base of some qualities etc. For example the American Discrimination was between black and white people.