"Hold fast to dreams. for when dreams go,life is a barren field frozen with snow."
Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the KITCHEN When company comes, But I laugh, And EAT WELL, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America. In the poem, Hughes speaks of freedom and equality.Hughes explains his vision of the future and how he won't be sent to eat in the kitchen, but rather he'll eat at the table with the others. Because Hughes is an African American man, he doesn't get treated as an American citizen. This poem reflects back to the years of slavery. The poem's theme is race and freedom. In "I Too Sing America", freedom is the ultimate goal for the speaker. Although Hughes is treated differently than whites, he's not enslaved mentally. As far as race goes, in the poem it talks about a white household having black servants. It speaks of the day when whites finally acknowledge blacks being their equals. Lastly, the tone in this poem changes. In the beginning of the poem its patriotic. I the first line he states, "I too sing America", which indicates that he's singing the national anthem. However, the tone goes to anger when he speaks about the whites letting him eat in the kitchen. In the last stanza, Hughes tone goes back to patriotic when he states, "Besides, they'll how beautiful I am and be ashamed. I too sing America. Hughes speaks proudly of himself being an African American male and knowing that equality will come soon.
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Langaston Hughes
10/23/2019 05:30:34 am
Hello mr/mrs, I am Langaston Hughes, I really like your work about my poem but you were wrong. Im not a nigger i was the white man behind the poem, all black people are slaves, goodbye.
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Bob boob
10/23/2019 05:31:42 am
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10/23/2019 05:38:55 am
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daddy n
11/19/2020 05:11:47 am
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