Similarities Between I Too And I Hear America Singing

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The poems "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, Too Sing America" by Langston Hughes talk about a man living in America. There are many similarities in both of these poems. Both poems use imagery. There is imagery in the poem "I Hear America Singing". It says " Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs." and in "I, Too, Sing America", it says " But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong." (line 4) Both of those lines are imagery because it is a flow of thoughts you can see or hear. In both poems wealth and prosperity is discussed. They also discuss a man's place in America. In addition to the similarities, there are also many differences between these two poems. In the poem "I Hear America Singing" talks about how

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