Post-Reading Questions: “I, Too” pg.843

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Post-Reading Questions: “I, Too” pg.843 In complete, thoughtful sentences, answer the following: Summarize: In “I, Too”, what is the speaker’s attitude toward America? What evidence from the poem supports your response? Clarify: What hope does the speaker od, “I, Too” express? What evidence from the poem supports your response? Draw Conclusions: Using the events, situations and ideas represented in each of Hughes’s poems, draw conclusions about his views on African- American identity. In Hughes’s eyes, what characteristics define African- American culture? Compare/Contrast: This poem is Hughes’s answer to Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing.” How does this poem echo the celebration of democracy in Whitman’s poem?