Write a short essay (1-2 pages) on the poem and prompt below. This should be YOUR analysis of the poem and should NOT include any outside research on the author or anything else. All sections of COM 1102 must complete this essay as part of the assessment process for General Education courses.
Once you begin, you must complete it in one session.
COM 1102 Assessment Poem and Prompt
Prompt: Briefly address these aspects of this poem: theme, literary devices, tone, and point of view. Some questions to consider: What is the theme of this poem? What imagery and symbols are used? What is the tone of the poem? Is there a shift in tone? What is the effect of using the first-person in the 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.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.