Langston Hughes poems

I , Too , Sing America

I , Too , Sing America ' is a masterpiece by Langston Hughes . This poem produces a uni-focal impact as it presents a single theme in a lucid and compelling manner . The persona presented in the poem is a positive minded individual who does not delve deep into the extra social and or political implication of racial discrimination and does not venture into the intricate philosophical and imaginative domains . He is not a political activist but he is a dreamer who has little dreams to be treated equally . He does not

view the problem of discrimination with the glasses of any pre-conceived notion but considers it a family dilemma As he is positive minded , he is optimistic too as he thinks that days will come when he will be treated equally like other family member dining at the table . `Tomorrow /I 'll be at the table

America is portrayed like a family in the poem . Some members of the family have discriminatory behavior toward another member of the same family . `They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes ' The only reason for this discrimination is that `I am the darker brother There is no political or any other hideous reason behind this attitude So contemporary American society is depicted as guided by natural tendencies and attitudes . These tendencies , attitudes have produced racial discrimination at every level

Langston most alluring diction `I , too , am America ' manifest everything that the persona feels about America . He considers himself and inalienable part of American nation and society . He does not blame America for the pathos and miseries he suffers but it is the social structure . He is of the view that a time is not far off when he will be treated equally like his white family members . And then his fellow country will make out how beautiful he is mentally and socially

His theme was I , too . Sing America ' but that America was free of racial discrimination , poverty , miseries and pathos...