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.
Theme- Trouble don't lasts always
Tone- Positive, Cocky, and Ashamed as well
Allusion - Racial Discrimination
Imagery- (see) black man in the back if a kitchen
Interpretation - One day the blacks will no longer be treated badly.
We will be equal just like the other race (whites).
What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.Or does it explode?
Theme - Don't let your dreams go to waste
Tone - Concerned and Questioning
Allusion - Hoping for a good future
Figurative Language:
simile-like a raisin in the sun, like a sore, like rotten meat, like a syrupy sweet, like a heavy load
metaphor- does it explode
Imagery- (see)raisin in the sun,
(feel)fester like a sore— / And then run
(smell) stink like rotten meat
Interpretation-
Dreams should not be forgotten or be treated like a dropped burdened.
Your dreams are precious but if you let them go they are pointless and has no existence anymore
The night is beautiful
So the faces of my people
The stars are beautiful
So the eyes of my people
Beautiful, also, is the sun.
Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people
Theme - Never let what people say hurt you, for being black is beautiful
Tone- Positive, Pride, Full of awe
Allusion - Segregation and During the discouragement of Blacks
Figurative Language:
Metaphor- compares the night to faces, stars to eyes, and sun to souls
Imagery-
(see)Happy people with joy and beautify in their eyes,
Bright sun
Glistening stars
Peaceful night
(feel) the beams of a hot sun
Interpretation- Black people are beautiful in every aspect and that
we should acknowledge it more even when we are put down.
God in His infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise
Theme - Its okay to make mistakes, because nobody is perfect for that God made everyone with flaws
Tone - understandable,aware, and fathom
Allusion - Actions
Figurative Language
Imagery- Man making mistakes, God watching over plenty of people
Interpretation
He knows that God made nobody perfect
and everybody is going to make mistakes.
