Compare America And Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was a poet with many artistic abilities. His writing and drawings established the lifestyles of many African Americans during this time. In a poem called “I, Too” Hughes express his feelings as an African American, a brother, and someone who deserves to fit in society. He states “I, too sing America” (1039). Hughes saw himself as an individual who has a voice in America even though his skin is a little darker. In a poem called “Democracy” Hughes states: “I have as much right as the other fellow has to stand on my own two feet and own the land” (1043). Hughes was speaking for every African American whom were still dealing with segregation, racism, and freedom.

In this paper I will be talking about the similarities and differences in the two different poems. The two poems were written by two incredible poets and were probably one of the best in their lifetimes. The first poem is written by Walt Whitman and is called “ I Hear America Singing”. The other poem is by Langston Hughes and is called “I, Too, Sing America” .Many people believe that Langston Hughes wrote his poem “I, Too, Sing America” in response to Walt Whitman's poem “ I Hear America Singing”. Some people have a completely opposite opinion and say that the two poems have nothing to with each other. Langston Hughes did many things in his life. Some of them include being an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and a

Racial prejudice often creates a division between the racists and their victims, and thus results in isolation and alienation of the victimized racial group. During the Harlem Renaissance, discrimination and oppression against African Americans was still prevalent, despite the 1920s being a time of expression of African culture. This juxtaposing concept is analyzed through Claude McKay’s poem “The White City”, which explores the perception of an African American speaker, presumably McKay himself, who longs to be a part of the White City, while retaining a deep, inner hatred of the city. Although McKay initially demonstrates his endearment and attachment toward the city through visual imagery, he directly juxtaposes it by expressing his hatred with tenacious, despicable diction. This juxtaposition not only serves to represent the struggle of being an African American in a white supremacist city but also displays McKay’s paradox of appreciating the “White City” while feeling detached from it.

The United States of America is thought to be the “land of the free and the home of the brave” yet nothing here is given. There are no easy ways to be an American. Everyone in our country either had to fight to get here, and stay here or had to fight for something they wanted or believed in.Yes, America does have more opportunities and rights than other countries but they aren’t accessible to everybody. Being an American is having determination, independence and courage to fight for something you want and/or need.

In the poem ,“America”, Claude McKay uses figurative language and diction to create a dark tone, a powerful empowering tone, and an optimistic tone. The theme of double consciousness of African-Americans is supported in the poem and the poem itself also connects to the purpose of the Harlem Renaissance which was to fight back racial hate and stereotypes with black empowerment.

In “America” Claude McKay expresses the struggles that African American people have faced at the hands of the country that they call their home. The poem explores the dual persona that African American 's experienced during the time and the conflict that arose because of it. Claude McKay 's political beliefs and how he experienced life in America are expressed throughout the poem. The speaker of the poem addresses both the love and bitterness that he feels for his country as an example of the struggle of being both black and American during the first half of the 1900s. America constantly tested and fought African Americans during this time. However, this just made them stronger, and the Harlem Renaissance and the poems and stories produced during it are an example of their strength taking form.

1)”America” is written in a Public voice. McKay writes this poem as though it is meant to be heard by all. However, there are some parts in “America” where it takes a more personal approach. For example, when McKay states “Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.” and also when he mentions how he gazes into the days ahead. I find in those sections of the poem McKay takes a more personal approach because of the specifics mentioned solely about her. The public approaches McKay makes in “America” are the parts where she is vaguer and the poem can relate to anyone. Specifically, the ending that focuses on the touch of time and priceless treasures can be construed by anyone to

‘America’ is a complex, layered idea; one that becomes all the more complex when the deeply embedded construct of race comes into play. As a black man born into a time of overt racial prejudice, Langston Hughes was all too familiar with the double consciousness that came with life as an American minority. This roller coaster is the subject of the vast majority of his literary work and has continued to be a major presence and inspiration for literary work everywhere today. Hughes shows a deep loyalty to the ideals that brought the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights into fruition and, through repeated motifs of the American Dream, seeks to bring about calm in a time of social and political unrest.

The renowned poet Langston Hughes grew up at a time prior to the Civil Rights era; a time where discrimination and prejudice were prominent parts of society. After traveling from city to city for a couple of years, he settled in Harlem at a time when the African-American artistic movement that celebrated black life and culture was under way: a.k.a the Harlem Renaissance. It was then that he put his experiences of his childhood into a skillfully written poem, “Let America be America Again”, which epitomizes not only the discrimination and inequality he faced while growing up, but the difficulties faced for all minorities seeking the “American dream. ”As the title suggests, the poem urges people to fix America’s problems, from its eminent discrimination

Langston Hughes discusses his hopes for America with the reality of life for those outside of the socially and economically dominant racial, religious and social groups. He kindles his passionate dreams of those who came to America with the idea to be safe from the oppression they endured in their country; but their dreams of America have never come true. The poem begins with Hughes desire for America to be what it once was; however he states satirically, that this image of America is false. Americans practiced slavery and oppression, consistently destroying the land’s native people in order to build their settlements. This idea of “America” only exists in dreams.

2017Compare and Contrast Essay“Home of the brave and proud... U.S.A.” In the poem, I hear America Singing by Walt Whitman and the poem I too Sing America byLangston Hughes they both agree that america, is the land of opportunity, but they differ in rightthat they don't equally have. Walt Whitman wrote” I hear America singing” before the civil warwar had happened and broken out and Langston Hughes wrote “I too sing America” ten yearsbefore the president had decided to make the civil right movement and changed America. Patriotism is a complicated concept.

The painting’s message that Native Americans were accepting of Catholicism and French rule after the French arrived is, as partially explained above, reinforced by the house and the church and the clothing of the Native American. The house and the church being built in the same style in the (what I’m assuming would be a larger village that simply isn’t depicted) village shows that the Native Americans accepted Catholicism into their everyday lives; the clothing being worn by the Native American is decorated by the same French fleur-de-lis symbol present on the French Queen’s garment, and in conjunction with the Native American’s kneeling, shows that they accepted French rule. Essentially, the above items communicate that the Native Americans

This poem underscores Whitman 's basic attitude toward America, which is part of his ideal of human life. The American nation has based its faith on the creativeness of labor, which Whitman glorifies in this poem. This poem expresses Whitman 's love of America with its lively atmosphere and the people 's achievement. What Whitman failed to see was that he was looking from the white American perspective and not the eyes of the African American man. Langston Hughes, being American, tells all of us in his poetry that freedom must belong to all of us before it can be freedom for anyone. For, indeed, the black man 's roots are deep in America, even deeper than those of most white Americans. Therefore, Hughes celebrates America as well, but not an America that is but an America that is to come.

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. Hughes is best known for his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance movement. Dušan Charles Simić is a Serbian-American poet and was co-poetry editor of the Paris Review hes is known for his 1974 postmodernism poem Watermelons. Using the two poets along with Allen Ginsberg's 1955 poem Supermarket in California I will compare and contrast the figurative language, poetic devices, and subject material used in each poems.

"America" is another poem written by McKay that reveals the outsider theme of the Negro in America. McKay voices his love/hate relationship with America in this poem. He states that she "sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth, stealing my breath of life." He does however "confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth! Her vigor flows like tides into my blood giving me strength erect against her hate." This line indicates that while he struggles as an American, it is America that keeps him going; that she gives him life even as she sucks it away. McKay is saying that he loves America not so much as an American but as an outsider that needs the test to live and become stronger. Another example of the theme of alientation is in the line "Yet as a rebel fronts a king in state I stand within her walls." McKay is once again using the point of view of the outsider rather than someone that really feels "American." This poem is