Question

The poems “I, Too” by Langston Hughes and “From the Dark Tower” by Countee Cullen both use figurative language to express their opinions about racial segregation. Read each poem, and then match each characteristic to the correct poem.

A reference to Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" paradox of social injustice uses set meter and rhyme scheme symbol of wasted efforts tone of anger and resentment uses free verse

Answer 1

"I Hear America Singing" has a tone of emotions that don't feel like music to people's ears. In following up the poems, they both express their love for the American life that they have in a beautiful figurative manner. To correct the poem, one must be not so monotonous in the poem in order to speak to people's minds and feelings.