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I, Too by Langston Hughes – Analysis

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by JL Admin

Poetry offers readers a multifaceted opportunity to experience the world in a different way. Poetry can create beauty. It can also be witty and entertaining, sometimes even comedic. But perhaps poetry’s most important functions are to educate readers about injustice and to rouse readers to actions that can change the world. On occasion, poetry illuminates…

I, Too by Langston Hughes – Historical Context

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by JL Admin

The ‘‘New Negro’’ and the Harlem Renaissance  In March 1925, Howard University professor, Alain Locke coined the term ‘‘The New Negro’’ for a special issue of Survey Graphic that emphasized and celebrated the diversity of black life in the United States. Of particular interest to Locke were the many examples of black art, literature, and…

I, Too by Langston Hughes – Literary Devices – Metaphor

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by JL Admin

Free Verse  Free verse is verse with no discernable structure, rhyme scheme, or meter. Free verse allows the poet to fit the poetic line to the content of the poem. The poet is not restricted by the need to shape the poem to a particular meter but can instead create a varied or irregular rhythm…

I, Too by Langston Hughes – Themes

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 by JL Admin

American Identity  Hughes’s poem ‘‘I, Too’’ explores the duality of identity that defined black life in the United States in the 1920s. Black Americans claimed citizenship in a country that denied black citizens the same rights that were provided to white citizens. The poet claims that he is an American and entitled to the same…

I, Too by Langston Hughes – Summary

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 by JL Admin

Stanza 1  The first stanza of ‘‘I, Too’’ consists of only one line, in which the speaker asserts that he is also celebrating being an American. The title, with its use of the word too suggests that the speaker is replying to another literary work. The emphasis in the line is on this word, since…

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