Analyzing Langston Hughes's Poem 'I, Too, Sing America'
1. Describe how Hughes’s poem builds on Whitman’s poem.
[A] I believe that Hughes’s poem builds on Whitman’s poem because it shows that as people they were forbidden to sing their own carols. [C] In stanza 1 and 2 lines 1 through 9 of “I, Too, Sing America” it states “(1) I, too, sing America. (2) I am the darker brother. (3) They send me to eat in the kitchen (4) When company comes. (5) But I laugh, (6) And eat well, (7) And grow strong. (8) Tomorrow, (9) I’ll be at the table.” This states that Hughes’s poem was quite relevant to Whitman’s poem because it is mainly saying that the man in Hughes’s poem can’t really sing his own carol in Hughes’s poem and the people in Whitman’s poem can sing their own carols because they are not getting
[A] I believe that Hughes’s poem builds on Whitman’s poem because it shows that as people they were forbidden to sing their own carols. [C] In stanza 1 and 2 lines 1 through 9 of “I, Too, Sing America” it states “(1) I, too, sing America. (2) I am the darker brother. (3) They send me to eat in the kitchen (4) When company comes. (5) But I laugh, (6) And eat well, (7) And grow strong. (8) Tomorrow, (9) I’ll be at the table.” This states that Hughes’s poem was quite relevant to Whitman’s poem because it is mainly saying that the man in Hughes’s poem can’t really sing his own carol in Hughes’s poem and the people in Whitman’s poem can sing their own carols because they are not getting