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câncer de próstata. [ edite no Wikidata] James Mercer Langston Hughes ( Joplin, 1 de fevereiro de 1902 – Nova Iorque, 22 de maio de 1967) foi um poeta, ativista social, novelista, dramaturgo, comunista e colunista norte-americano, tendo escrito para o jornal de Joplin, Missouri. Mudou-se para a cidade de Nova Iorque ainda muito jovem, onde ...
Tomorrow, You could be at my table If your job was no more. I would never offer you the scraps off of my floor. Then you will see how valuable I am As the rich get richer on the backs of the poor. And be ashamed that you thought I was just Stupid, ignorant or a whore. I, too, am America. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ “I Too”.
‘I, Too’ is a 1924 poem by the American poet Langston Hughes (1901-67), a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance who was nicknamed ‘the Bard of Harlem’. In part a response to Walt Whitman, ‘I, Too’ sees Hughes asserting that he, and other black American voices like his, also ‘sing’ of America and are America, too, even though American society treats black people differently.
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. When company comes. And grow strong. When company comes. Then. I, too, am America. This poem was written to chronicle the struggle of African ...
Tone. The tone of “I, Too” is anticipatory and expectant. The speaker of the poem is a Black servant in a white household. His inferior position in relation to the family he serves reflects the broader social and political hierarchy of the United States at the time, when Black people were denied full citizenship rights.
By Langston Hughes. 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 ...
By Langston Hughes. I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
