Compare And Contrast Whitman And I Hear America Singing

Born ten years after the death of Walt Whitman, there was no possible way for Langston Hughes to ever meet or communication with Whitman, but that did not mean Hughes could not establish a connection to him, or at least his work. In 1925, Hughes wrote a poem titled “I, Too” was inspired by and directed in response to the poem “I Hear America Singing”, which was composed by Whitman much earlier. Whitman’s poem consisted of a variety of different American laborers who “sing” as they do their jobs. This well-known poem never specifically addresses the ethnicity of these singing laborers of the American population, but Hughes sets about to rectify that omission.

Both authors have different tones for their poems. Whitman’s attitude while writing “I hear America Singing” was happy, joyful, and cheerful. From the way he looks at it, he has everything so everyone must be the same way. He views America as a perfect, beautiful place to live and work. “...at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, “Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs” (ll. 16-18). Whitman sounds merry and satisfied. After all the work, the Americans have fun and relax which is not usually the case and is expressed that way in Hughes’s poem.

Set in America, the poem follows a man, potentially Walt Whitman, as he celebrates the pride found in an American citizen. Several careers are described throughout the poem in an effort to accentuate the amount of effort Americans put into their labor each day. Aside from no apparent significance to the structure and syntax of the poem, the author’s profound diction, such as blithe, melodious, delicious, and robust, emphasizes the honor the author feels towards Americans and their efforts. Whitman’s use of figurative language in his poem, “I Hear America Singing”, can be found through the individuals who are “singing”. Although the singing stated within the poem may be literal, it also demonstrates the passion and pride that the workers held

People may dream of a perfect society where everyone is similar--a utopia. People might believe building a utopia is a grand idea because they won’t have to worry about being bullied or discriminated. There couldn’t be any flaws in building a utopia-- accept everything. Yeah, everyone would be similar, and people probably won’t be bullied or discriminated, but are the consequences of fixing those proroblems going to be worth it. Absolutely not, imagine if there was only one kind of culture/one kind of person, let's say everyone is German, that means when there is an opportunity to go out to eat there will be no Mexican, no Chinese, no Italian, etc. The same food will be eaten just like any other day. Plus, food wouldn’t be the only thing affected

After reading, I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman, and I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes, it is undeniable that Hughes wrote his poem to exemplify the life of negros compared to the whites in Whitman’s poem. While Whitman’s poem discusses the average, arrogant, egotistical American of the early 1900’s, Hughes poem describes the hopefulness and

Langston Hughes has a type of cynical view on America that seems to change its taste as he gets older. The first to look at is “I,Too” where he seems to have a hopeful view of his country and separates the citizens from the country. He says things such as “They’ll see how beautiful I am” which shows that he feels good about his future and the future of racial tension. Which he then transitions into “Let America be America again” where he is crtizieing the American people for saying that they are about liberty and freedom when they are his oppressors. It’s more of a call to action than his last few poems he is more so pointing out the injustices than just stating that there are some. And by the tone of the poem you can tell that he has lost

In the early 20th century, during the Harlem Renaissance, America began to evolve in virtuosity. Poetry was a significant aspect in the renaissance. Great poets like Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen were very influential in the community. Both poets created poems that represented the perspectives of an African American in the 1920’s. Langston Hughes, I, Too, Sing America, expressed his love and devotion to America. Hughes discusses how even though he is the “darker brother”, he still is a Samaritan of the United States. In the beginning of I, Too, sing America, Hughes metaphorically discusses how African Americans are not an equal to White Americans. As he continues, he implies how he will not be ashamed and proclaim his equality amongst his other brothers. Hughes uses dining in a household

In 2013, a high school choir sang a song in tribute to the military. Several members of the 200-person choir had family members who were at the time deployed, at one time been deployed or had given their lives for the country they loved. Others had members of the police force or firefighting. The song was titled "Song for unsung hero." The director wanted to find a way to connect each individual to this song, to connect the audience not only to the song but the choir itself. The music was written in such a way that in some parts there were seven different harmonies being sung alongside the melody. The power of one could have done the trick, but the meanings and parts that each individual of that choir was singing, is what took it from separation to a collective identity. The people they were singing about is what united the group of students, the audience and the heroes they were singing for. Similarly, Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" is a unique view on America's sense of individuality. This individuality is expressed through an almost seemingly contradiction of the

Comparing I Hear America Singing, and I, too and To Walt Whitman it is clear that Walt Whitman did not include the native americans in his poem, but also it is noticeable he didn’t completely exclude them either. Early in his life, he was fired for his opposition to slavery so it wouldn't make sense for him to go against them. In the long run, I feel Walt was more celebrating what America thought was notable; but when it came to Native American people it wasn't one people viewed to be acclaimed. On the flip side, the difference between I Heard America Singing and I, Too, as well as To Walt Whitman, was that Whitman didn’t realize it at the time of writing his poems that he was excluding these folks, but Hughes and de Hoyos begged to differ.

In the inspiring lyric poem, “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, the speaker expresses his beliefs that people who work very hard and meticulously at a job that they have chosen, will support the success and better future of a nation. In a quote from the poem, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,” (line 1) the speaker explains that people work really hard each and every day so that their country can prosper and thrive. Here is another quote from the poem that rightfully expresses how these workers like their job, “Mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,/ The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,” (lines 2,3). Another quote from the poem, “Each singing what belongs to him or her

Walt Whitman’s and Langston Hughes’s view on the socio-political conditions of modernity Walt Whitman in the poem “I Hear America Singing” mentions that American people are joined together, and they are working together for future development. Even though they have different occupations, and they are not ‘singing’ the same song, their various professions helping this country to develop this country by modernizing the general condition of the country. Whitman focuses on each person, and his/her jobs. These people working shoulder to shoulder as a whole strong unite, and expanding the production which is the essential element for development. He states different occupations such as mechanics, carpenter, mason, boatman, hatter, deckhand, shoemaker, wood-cutter etc.

Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes were two magnificent poets. Whitman wrote “I hear America singing.” About a century later, Hughes wrote “Let America be America again”. Although the two poets may seem they have a lot in common, they actually have more differences.

Walt Whitman uses deliberate figurerative langauge in his poem " I Hear America Singing "to exspess his emotion about the american worker, to make strong connection , with the narrator his strong pasion of the american worker in " I Hear America Singing " Mr. Whitman uses repitition and imegery to express his feelings about the american worker to the reader. " I Hear America Singing " is a poem that the auther uses to express the american worker singing , and enjoying their careers . and singing the " varied carols " pretaining to each and every career, weather it is about going to work, at work or leaving work. "Whitman" points out workers sing about every part of their job, because they enjoy their careers Whitman talks about workers

"I, Too,"by Langston Hughes is clearly a response to Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing." Both poems explore the idea of American identity and what makes you an American. Their different ideas and similarities made them some of the best works in American literature, and their significance made them some of the most influential works in America, moving both white and black people alike. Whitman is known as one of the greatest American poets ever, partly because of poems like this one.