Question

Read the stanza from Langston Hughes's poem "I, Too, Sing America." I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. The subject of the extended metaphor in the stanza is a.the speaker’s brother. b.the speaker. c.visiting company. d.the kitchen.

Answer 1

Answer: b.the speaker.

In this excerpt, the subject of the metaphor is the speaker, who is the "darker brother" of America. The speaker stands for African Americans. What Langston Hughes implies is that the treatment of African Americans is the embarrasing topic that Americans do not want to discuss. However, the more others ignore them, the more African Americans grow strong.

Answer 2

The subject of the extended metaphor in the stanza is b. the speaker, the darker brother who is sent to eat in the kitchen.

This is a metaphor of racial segregation.