"This Is Not A Small Voice?"

The main theme in the poem, This Is Not A Small Voice, is learning. The poem underlines the noteworthiness of learning, as the speaker decrees, “This is not a small love/you hear this is a large/love, a passion for kissing learning/on its face.” The longing for learning is a dominant voice among the blacks, for it means that they are hankering for empowerment. Learning is a cascade that would cultivate ingenuity among black people.