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I, TOO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: I, TOO, SING AMERICA. / I AM THE DARKER BROTHER
Last Line: I, TOO, AM AMERICA.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; UNITED STATES; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; AMERICA;
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.



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