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0 <br /> 0 <br /> c <br /> Cn <br /> THE LANGUAGE ' `T <br /> TM <br /> o <br /> THINK ABOUT IT! o <br /> OFD RAMA M <br /> Discussion Questions: <br /> M <br /> 1. What the general mood of Walt <br /> Whitman's poem? o <br /> Langston Hughes, a hero of the Harlem Renaissance, was anj 2. What are some feelings that <br /> important American writer and thinker. His character in the play h'R Hughes is expressing in his <br /> quoted an excerpt from one of his poems, "I, Too". Hughes wrote poem? W <br /> this poem in 1922 after he was denied passage on a ship because of 3. When is "tomorrow" in line 8 of Co <br /> his skin color. 1, too" is a reflection on Walt Whitman's famous poem �� "I, Too"? D <br /> "I Hear America Singing" published in 1900. Read the two poems 4. What clues can you find in W <br /> below and use the questions that follow for a class discussion. "I Hear America Singing" that <br /> Co <br /> illustrate it was written over 100 <br /> years ago? <br /> 1 Hear America Singing I, Too o <br /> o by Walt Whitman by Langston Hughes 5. Who is singing in America now? <br /> 0 <br /> N I hear America singing,the varied carols I hear: I,too, sing America <br /> O <br /> Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, <br /> blithe and strong; I am the darker brother. <br /> The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or They send me to eat in the kitchen DO ITS <br /> beam, When company comes, <br /> E The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or But I laugh, Write Own our poem that <br /> L leaves off work; And eat well, y p <br /> o The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the And grow strong. describes modern America. <br /> deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; Model it after one of the two <br /> g g poems to the left. <br /> The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter Tomorrow, p <br /> I'll sit at the table <br /> E singing as he When company comes. <br /> o stands; <br /> The wood cutter's song—the ploughboy's on his way in the Nobody'll dare <br /> cc <br /> morning, or at noon intermission, or at sundown; Say to me, <br /> w The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife "Eat in the kitchen," <br /> at work—or of the girl sewing or washing— Then. <br /> U) Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else; Besides, <br /> ij The day what belongs to the day—at night,the party of They'll see how beautiful I am <br /> o young fellows, robust,friendly, And be ashamed— <br /> �- Singing,with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. <br /> L <br /> c I,too, am America. <br /> m <br /> U <br />