In "I, Too, Sing America." why did Langston Hughes most likely allude to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"? CHECK ALL
THAT APPLY: to prove that he had read Whitman's poem
to write about similar themes as Whitman
to expand on the ideas in Whitman's poem
to link his poem with another great American poem
to demonstrate that he was a better poet than Whitman
Langston Hughes most likely allude to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" because
To expand on the ideas in Whitman's poem
To link his poem with another great American poem
Explanation:
In Whitman's poem the poet states that many group of people sing to America. He mentions that these group of people consist of the men and women ,nurses,mechanics and woodcutter of america, but he does not mention about the black people residing in America. Hughas epands the idea of whitmans poem by mentioning that even the black also sing for America as they are the citizen of America.
Another thing Hughes did in was to link his poem with another great American poem, so that his poem can gain more visibility .
So we can say that ,
Langston Hughes most likely allude to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" because
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