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Comparing Langston Hughes Poems

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In the 1920’s, the Harlem Renaissance explored new, bold ideas by celebrating African American life and culture; in response, this event marked the first time that African Americans, as a whole, were taken seriously. Langston Hughes, a prominent poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote numerous poems that questioned the American way of life in the 1920’s and celebrated being an African American. Two of Hughes’ poems, “I, Too” and “Dream Variations,” present a central theme of a longing to be equal.
In the poem, “I, Too,” Hughes presents the need for equality in a bold, action-taking approach. The poem start out establishes the discrimination and inequality between races; then, the poem becomes demanding. Hughes writes, “Tomorrow, I’ll
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