Out of all the poems I like the
poem “I too” the best. I did a tiny bit of research and when he wrote this, Blacks
were still being discriminated against. All he is doing is speaking his mind in
this poem. In the first line when it says “I too, sing America” (p. 594). Here
he argues that he is just as American as anyone else.
Later in the poem he bluntly
describes the disrespect from the master to his servant by sending him away
when visitors come. What the servant does after is what surprises me. “I laugh”
(p. 594). He finds this funny?! It doesn’t faze him; he also says he “grows
stronger.” Here, no matter what pain he goes through he will not let it kill
his spirit.
After he shows bravery when he says
“tomorrow … nobody’ll say to me eat in the kitchen.” Here he understands that
his body can be overtaken BUT his mind can’t be conquered.
Overall this poem “I, Too” shouts
for equality and freedom. The message is obvious blacks need to have the same
freedoms as whites, and also to take a stand when needed. More importantly the title
“I, Too” is great because, it implies that more than one race make up the face
of America and not only whites.
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