Question

Which line from "I, Too" most directly responds to the following line from "I Hear America Singing"? "Each singing what belongs to him or her, and to none else"
a- I am the darker brother
b- I, too, sing America
c- I'll be at the table
d- I, too, am America

Answer 1

B) "I, too, sing America. 

Langston Hughes responds to the poem by addressing a lack of representation of the African American experience, both in the poem and in American society in general.
The poem "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman touches on the varied experiences and individualism of the US, by describing the different songs of various people, from carpenters to ship-hands to a girl sewing, "Each singing what belongs to him or her, and to none else".
Mr. Hughes' creative response is to inform "America" that, as a black man in America, he too sings, that he too has had his own experience. However, it is perhaps more difficult and not as celebrated as the ones in the poem, and even not allowed to be sung everywhere in America. But one day this will change, and his voice will be heard, and will join the chorus of unique American voices.