The first line states “I too, sing America” (). This line breaks out the tone of the poem, the tone of the poem is a patriotic one. The phrase also symbolizes unity and signifies that although the speaker may be different, he also sings America and that he has a voice like everyone else. The fact that Hughes states that the speaker sings instead of speaks proves there is an underlying emotion and proves it is an expression of …show more content…
In stanza four he states “Besides”/ They’ll see how beautiful I am”/ “And be ashamed”. The speaker wants the reader to understand that once people grasp the belief that every person was created equal and get past their prejudice, they will realize the “beauty” he has to offer. He also emphasis not only does he believe that people will regret the way they treated him along with many others, but they will feel guilty and shameful. In this stanza it resembles the pride of the speaker and although it has happened yet, he feels as if he has won the fight on racism. The last line of the poem, “I, too, am America’ perfectly ends the poem. It leaves the reader with a sense of closure and reminds us again, despite your skin color if you were raised in this country, you belong to this country and in defiance to what people say you are also American. It also proves the device of parallelism in the poem. Lines like “I, too, sing America” / “I am the darker brother” / “I, too, am America” all point out the fact, through similar structure, that Hughes’ is creating the overall theme of equality in the