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 …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 …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