America is one country whose citizens have a great sense of pride and nationalism. Two of America's greatest poets are Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, and each one has a poem about America and the pride they feel for America. Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" is about the nation as a whole, and the individuals that make up that whole. Langston Hughes' "I, Too" is about hope for the equality of African Americans. Both poems have similar aspects about them, but also many details are different. The poems are similar in the tone and theme, but different in the message that the poems bring.
The tones of both poems are very similar, and relate to each other. In "I Hear America Singing" the tone is very happy and light, but also prideful. "I,Too" is similar to the tone of "I Hear America Singing" because its' tone is also prideful. Walt Whitman writes about many different types of people singing while doing their jobs. The singing signifies that people are happy, which gives a light and happy tone to the poem. Also the singing of everyone symbolizes our Nation joining together, even though each person is singing their "own song" individually (Whitman). Whitman is trying to say that the nation is a whole, and together we are all strong which shows the pride in "I Hear America Singing". The tone is happy in "I, Too" because the narrator "laughs" even though he is told he needs to "eat in the kitchen", this proves that the narrator is still happy even though he is treated differently. In "I, Too" the tone is also prideful because of how the narrator says "I, Too, Sing America" and "I, Too, am America" at the beginning and end of the poem (Hughes). The narrator is proud of America and wants to be equal to everyone else. Both "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" have happy, and prideful tones. The theme of unity is present in both poems. "I Hear America Singing" has a theme of unity shown through the repetition of many different people singing, and how all of the workers are a part of America. The narrator groups all of the workers (the carpenter, the mason, the shoemaker, the young wife) together as a whole, but at the …show more content…
The message of Whitman's poem is that everyone in the nation is strong and everyone is joined together as one. Also the jobs mentioned in the poem are blue collar jobs, which signifies that America's citizens are not just smart, they are also hard working people. The poem makes everyone seem like strong individuals but also strong when joined together. The message in Hughes' poem is for African Americans to be equal with all citizens of America. The narrator is stuck as a slave, but even though he is put down he still has faith, and he says he laughs, and grows (Hughes). When the narrator says he laughs and grows it shows that he still has hope, and he can not be put down by his situation. Both of these poems are different from each other because, even though they have many similarities, how they convey those similarities are different. The stories that each Whitman and Hughes tell in their poems are very different, but not completely
The tones of both poems are very similar, and relate to each other. In "I Hear America Singing" the tone is very happy and light, but also prideful. "I,Too" is similar to the tone of "I Hear America Singing" because its' tone is also prideful. Walt Whitman writes about many different types of people singing while doing their jobs. The singing signifies that people are happy, which gives a light and happy tone to the poem. Also the singing of everyone symbolizes our Nation joining together, even though each person is singing their "own song" individually (Whitman). Whitman is trying to say that the nation is a whole, and together we are all strong which shows the pride in "I Hear America Singing". The tone is happy in "I, Too" because the narrator "laughs" even though he is told he needs to "eat in the kitchen", this proves that the narrator is still happy even though he is treated differently. In "I, Too" the tone is also prideful because of how the narrator says "I, Too, Sing America" and "I, Too, am America" at the beginning and end of the poem (Hughes). The narrator is proud of America and wants to be equal to everyone else. Both "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" have happy, and prideful tones. The theme of unity is present in both poems. "I Hear America Singing" has a theme of unity shown through the repetition of many different people singing, and how all of the workers are a part of America. The narrator groups all of the workers (the carpenter, the mason, the shoemaker, the young wife) together as a whole, but at the …show more content…
The message of Whitman's poem is that everyone in the nation is strong and everyone is joined together as one. Also the jobs mentioned in the poem are blue collar jobs, which signifies that America's citizens are not just smart, they are also hard working people. The poem makes everyone seem like strong individuals but also strong when joined together. The message in Hughes' poem is for African Americans to be equal with all citizens of America. The narrator is stuck as a slave, but even though he is put down he still has faith, and he says he laughs, and grows (Hughes). When the narrator says he laughs and grows it shows that he still has hope, and he can not be put down by his situation. Both of these poems are different from each other because, even though they have many similarities, how they convey those similarities are different. The stories that each Whitman and Hughes tell in their poems are very different, but not completely