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Comparing American Singing 'And' I Hear America Singing

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Poetry is a very creative expression of writing. Poetry is written in a lyrical manner where some of the content requires critical thinking to understand. When writing poetry you have the opportunity to address your feelings on a topic in a manner that does not make the reader (who may feel differently) uncomfortable. For that reason poetry is a really effective tool to use to express ourselves in a society where everyone is offended. “I Hear America Singing'' by Walt Whitman and “I, too [Sing America]” by Langston Hughes are two poems written about different views of America. Today I am going to discuss the importance of these two poems along with their similarities and differences. In the poem “I Hear America Singing'' by Walt Whitman …show more content…

In “I Hear America Singing'', we see America characterized as a place for many different backgrounds. The poet shows us that America is a place where people …show more content…

As the writer it is always beneficial to write in a manner that encourages critical thinking. When readers are challenged to think critically it not only makes them have a desire to read more, but through reading it will develop critical thinking skills as a foundation for lifelong learners (Norton & Gregson,2020). Both poems have similarities that tie them together. What stands out the most to me is how both poems paint a picture of someone's own perception of America. The two poems may have been written as two completely different stories, they still have a common theme of diversity. The ending of both poems are hopeful, and they give the reader the idea that America is a place of opportunity and growth. The similarities in these poems are crucial because they elaborate on the diversities and growth of America by showing different perspectives. The similarities between these poems show us not only the good but the bad things that emphasize the growth of the greatest country in the

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America is a land of immigrants. People come from all parts of the world to experience the American dream. These two pieces of literature are focused on Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans. In the Poem which resembles a letter, In Response to Executive Order 9066 by Dwight Okita. The author is writing about a fourteen year old Japanese girl.

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America Poems In his poem, “One Today”, Richard Blanco uses repetition and collective pronouns to convey the idea that unity strengthens a diverse society. Blanco uses repetition to appeal to various different groups of people. For instance “Hear the doors we open / for each other all day, saying: hello, shalom, / boon giorno, howdy, namaste, or buenos días” (Blanco, stanza 6). Blanco’s repetition of the same phrase in 6 different languages emphasizes his desire to unify different groups of people.

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Journal Entry 1 Audience is an important aspect to any literary work, and audience in the poems “The New Colossus”and“Let America be America Again,” presents an interesting and unique methodology through which each poem conveys its message to its readers. “The New Colossus” presents its message to hopefuls and mainly immigrants, and it subsequently conveys a positive message of hope and opportunity. “Let America be America again” on the other hand, is written for the citizen of America, and it carries a message focused on making us rethink and reevaluate the American Dream and the ideals we claim to adhere to. “Let America be America Again,” was written with Americans in mind, so it doesn’t carry the same cheery and positive message about America as “The New Colossus”. It focuses on the Americans who have the authority, those in charge, and it requests that they stop undermining the ideals of American society in lieu of personal motivations and goals, such as greed and wealth, as depicted by this verse; “Let America Be America Again.”

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But they also both deal with choices and endurance of consequences from that choice. One of several particular elements in each of the stories that best emphasize the theme is the usage of figurative language in each text. Some of the different types of figurative language each author used is simile, personification, and metaphor’s. Another way that the author expressed the theme is in the story is the limitations of the American Dream for African Americans. Whereas in the poem, the author used sort of a cause and effect scenario.

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Hi Azaliaiza, I totally agree with you when you say that both authors focuses on how they feel unaccepted by society in the United Sates and Mexico. Nevertheless,it is true that both authors express the struggles of being Mexican American but also in Americo Poem he expresse the advantage of being Mexican America when he says that we get to celebrate more holidays since we come from two different cultures.

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They are both American poems about the american dream. They both talk about people in both poems. They also use imagery, for example in Langston Hughes poem he says “ I am the young manful of strength and hope. The purpose of I HAS was for americans potential / ability to form a united body who happily fulfill their purpose through their task, and Langston Hughes wanted what Walt Whitman wrote about but he didnt so Langston wrote how he was being treated inspite of Walt Whitmans poem.

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While the two authors discuss similar subject matter, there are many differences that can be identified between these two literary works. Support 1: The first of many variations is related to the structure of writing used by the authors. For example, in "I Hear America Singing" Whitman writes in a sing song style, evident in the line, "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear," while Hughes' treatment is more direct and abrasive as seen in the line, "They send me to eat in the kitchen." Further, in "I Hear America Singing," the sentences are long and flow easily into subsequent phrases, whereas "I,

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Though at the end of the poem Blanco shifts the narrative, he talks about heading home and the moon covering all the houses, along with the stars in the sky being ours to conquer. This brings his poem to a nice close through the rising of the sun in the beginning and the finale with the moon. This idea of unity and connection between Americans is further demonstrated by Walt Whitman in his poem, “I Hear America Singing”. In the first sentence of his poem, he establishes the idea of unity, “I hear America singing, the

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In the two poems, “I Hear America Singing,” and, “I, Too,” there are many similarities and differences that show us that know matter what is happening you have to stand up for yourself and do what you love. We see this in the two poems, “I Hear America Singing,” and, “I, Too” when the authors, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes, both talk about what America was a like in the 1900s, and how people were doing jobs that they had liked to do. We can see how a African American man would stand up for himself and we see this in the poem “I, Too” because we are able to see how he was able to stand up to everyone else and prove he was able to be treated like anyone else.

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When Singing with open mouths(I Hear America Singing), you know the fragrant blossoms remain (haiku). The 2 poems “I Hear America Singing” (Walt Whitman) and Haiku (Basho) are very similar and different in several ways. For example the poems structure, meaning, form, etc. American poet Walt Whitman celebrated individual freedom.

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The poem guarantees the immigrants promises when they come to the United States. Nonetheless, in different stories of the immigrants, there were favors. There were immigrants who were treated well while others were subjected to exploitation. In some of these stories, at one point of the immigrants’ lives, there were instances of suffering and later on, there were signs of relief. The poem represents America as a country which does not like war, but it is a country of compassion, freedom, and enlightenment.

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First, they are written around the same time period and both about blacks being discriminated. Both the poems gave African Americans a little bit of hope that one day they will be allowed to be around whites and looked at as the same. These poems may be different, but they both have the same meaning. If anyone is going through a rough time in their life, they can overcome it. Blacks were treated terribly and went through some of the roughest times, but they never stopped fighting and never lost hope.

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Both powerful poems share the same theme of being hurt and oppressed

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The second speaker also reshapes the first two lines of the entire poem into a plea to the majority. Beforehand, the first speaker uses those lines as a call for the old American spirit to be revived: “Let America be America again / Let it be the dream it used to be” (1-2). Both speakers change the meaning of the lines to express their thoughts on America. As a result, the poem expresses the desire for everyone to be treated equally in the land of freedom. The readers can relate to the speaker because they wish that everyone has equal rights in the country that proclaims itself to be the symbol of freedom.

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In this grand poem, Whitman glorifies the unity of all people and life. He embraces the geographical diversity as well as the diversity of culture, work, as well as sexuality or beliefs. Whitman’s influence sets American dreams of freedom, independence, and self-fulfillment, and changes them for larger spiritual meaning. Whitman appreciates hard work as well as being simple and non-egotistical. His major ideas are things such as soul, good health, as well as the love of nature.

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