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Allusion and Metaphor in "I, Too, Sing America"

Question 1 • CA-Expository Reading and Writing B

The title of "I, Too, Sing America" is an allusion to

Answer
A
Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing.”
B
Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death.”
C
Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.”
D
Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “We Real Cool.”

Explanation

Langston Hughes’s title “I, Too, Sing America” echoes Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing.” Both titles connect singing with America, while Hughes’s wording emphasizes that Black Americans belong in the nation’s song too. Therefore, the allusion is to Whitman’s poem.

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