Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I, Too, Sing America

I found this poem very inspiring. It focuses on how a person wishes to be treated the way others are being treated. This poems reminds me of the time when there were slaves. This person is sent to the kitchen to eat instead of sitting at the table with everyone else. It is sad that this person doesnt get to experience what the others do. Also, i think this poem touches on the "American dream." This is because the deeper meaning of the poem is about how this person is determined to reach a higher goal in life. This persons view of the American dream is to be treated equally and free, and this poem allows the reader to infer that this person is determined to achieve this "dream." Therefore, I enjoyed this poem the most overall.

3 comments:

  1. I fully agree with your interpretation of the this poem. At first when I read the line "I am the Darker Brother," I thought this was a reference to evil, or untouchable. However after i read it again i saw the relationship to the slavery and segregated periods of America.

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  2. i too saw this come up very quickly in the poem and it is truly shows the what the slaves "dreamed". It really expresses the view point that majority race usually glazes over the fact that this was a dark time in America's past that should never let die. We need to learn that what we do has consequences that hurt others and be able to come back and respect that this has happened and learn to live with each other as equals.

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  3. I also liked this poem. As you said it is very obvious the feel of slavery in this poem. I also agree with what tyler said about how we should not forget about our dark past but learn from it and make sure it never happens again.

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