I too sing America by Langston Hughes | বাংলা লেকচার | Bengali Lecture

 I, too, sing America 

Langston Hughes 



 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.



Analysis



“I, too, sing America” by Langston Hughes is a patriotic poem. It is speaking for the black American people. The poet here describes the opinion of the rights of the American negro people. It describes the thought of equality of the American black people.

In this poem, the speaker says that he is a homeworker of a white family. He works in the kitchen. He is looked down.



When the guests come into the house, he is ordered to eat in the kitchen.

But the speaker dreams of that one day the white people understand their fault. They will call the speaker to eat with them at the same table where the company will eat. They will find the beauty of black people. They will be ashamed of what they did before- looked down the poor dark African-American. They will confess the rights and equality of black people.