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| − | + | I, too, sing America.<br> | |
| − | I, too, sing America. | + | <br> |
| − | + | I am the darker brother.<br> | |
| − | + | They send me to eat in the kitchen<br> | |
| − | I am the darker brother. | + | When company comes,<br> |
| − | + | But I laugh,<br> | |
| − | They send me to eat in the kitchen | + | And eat well,<br> |
| − | When company comes, | + | And grow strong.<br> |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | But I laugh, | + | Tomorrow,<br> |
| − | + | I'll be at the table<br> | |
| − | And eat well, | + | When company comes.<br> |
| − | + | Nobody'll dare<br> | |
| − | And grow strong. | + | Say to me,<br> |
| − | + | "Eat in the kitchen,"<br> | |
| − | + | Then.<br> | |
| − | Tomorrow, | + | <br> |
| − | + | Besides,<br> | |
| − | I'll be at the table | + | They'll see how beautiful I am<br> |
| − | + | And be ashamed--<br> | |
| − | When company comes. | + | <br> |
| − | + | I, too, am America.<br> | |
| − | Nobody'll dare | + | |
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| − | Say to me, | + | |
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| − | "Eat in the kitchen," | + | |
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| − | Then. | + | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ||
| − | Besides, | + | |
| − | + | ||
| − | They'll see how beautiful I am | + | |
| − | + | ||
| − | 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. | 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== | ||
| − | + | *Davidas, Lionel. "'I, Too, Sing America': Jazz and Blues Techniques and Effects in Some of Langston Hughes's Selected Poems." Dialectical Anthropology, 26:3-4 (2001), pp. 267-72. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/hughes.html Langston Hughes on ''PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide''] | ||
| + | *[http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hughes.htm Langston Hughes on ''Teacher Resource File''] | ||
[[Category:20th century|1925]] | [[Category:20th century|1925]] | ||
[[Category:1920s|1925]] | [[Category:1920s|1925]] | ||
[[Category:By author|Hughes, Langston]] | [[Category:By author|Hughes, Langston]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 8 April 2008
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
- Davidas, Lionel. "'I, Too, Sing America': Jazz and Blues Techniques and Effects in Some of Langston Hughes's Selected Poems." Dialectical Anthropology, 26:3-4 (2001), pp. 267-72.
