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==Text==
 
==Text==
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I, too, sing America.
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I am the darker brother.
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They send me to eat in the kitchen
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When company comes,
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But I laugh,
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And eat well,
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And grow strong.
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Tomorrow,
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I'll be at the table
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When company comes.
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Nobody'll dare
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Say to me,
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"Eat in the kitchen,"
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Then.
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Besides,
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They'll see how beautiful I am
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And be ashamed--
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I, too, am America.
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==Critical Edition==
 
==Critical Edition==
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Langston Hughes. "I, Too [1925]." ''The Heath Anthology of American Literature''. Vol. D. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1525.
  
 
==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 20:58, 12 April 2007

Text

I, too, sing America.


I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.


Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.


Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--


I, too, am America.


Critical Edition

Langston Hughes. "I, Too [1925]." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. D. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1525.

Further Reading

External Links

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