I Too Poem Analysis

Poetry has been a big part of history that contributed to education and culture differently in its time. Both types of poetry are similar and contrasting at the same time, some of their similarities are its tone, and it contrasts in its main ideas or sophisticated writing styles by the authors.

The first two poems that is will compare and contrast are “I, Too” by Langston Hughes, and “Cut”. The poem from the Harlem Renaissance is “I, Too”, and the Post Modernist poem is “Cut”. Both of these poems have a sad tone, that are both sort of based around looks. In “Cut” the author is just describing his cut thumb, that he does not obviously want, “Homunculus, I am ill,” this is significant to the comparison because he shows that he sees is disability. In the other poem the man is oblivious to what his peers do not like about him, “I am the darker …show more content…
By the evidence of the last two poems you can infer that “Manhattan Buddha” is the Post Modernist piece and, “The Weary Blues” is the Harlem Renaissance piece. These poems can be contrasted in their grammar, one is more sophisticated and the other has slang words that came to existence in the south of the United States. In “The Weary Blues,” the slang was very predominant throughout the poem, “Ain’t got nobody but ma self./ I’s gwine to quit ma frownin’,” this is important because it shows that the Harlem Renaissance time period was not as sophisticated as the Post Modernist time period. The sophistication of the Post Modernist writing is also very predominant in the poem, “Manhattan Buddha.” The sophistication can be distinguished in the words, “The flames behind him make/the sound of waves trying to clutch the sand/they just can’t hold, the way they never could,” this is significant because it could add to why art and reading was bigger in this time period compared to music in the Harlem