Sara Pittis                3^A                    II english classtest                        26/10/11

The Title of the poem is "I, Too". From this title I expect to read a man's story. He is excluded from something because the expression "I, Too" means that he is like other people and he wants to underline this.

After reading the text I notice that the two first lines start with the same personal pronoun "I" and the two last lines of the first stanza start with "and". The first and last lines are similar : only the verb changes and this underlines that something is changed! He is American, too!

The first stanza tells about a "dark man", who is a slave, I suppose. He lives in America and he feels an American man, but others do not consider him American for the color of his skin. A company send him in the kitchen when they arrive because he can not eat with them in the same room. Thus he grows strong and eats well while he is working. The second stanza is about his "tomorrow", his expectation and his ideas. Now the roles are reversed. He is at the table and they don't send him in the kitchen. The company is ashamed when everyone look at him.

The first stanza is about his life during his strong work. He is a slave and none considers him American even if he lives in America and he speaks American. This experience helps him to grow strong.

The second stanza talks about liberty. He images his life after being no longer a slave.

He wants liberty as a result of being accepted. He describes his real life and then his imaginary life. It is very difficult not to be accepted by society because he is a dark slave. When he becomes free, he thinks that everybody will consider him American like all other people.

The first line suggests that he can only sing America because the others don't want him and his problems in society. The last line is similar to the first line. The verb "sing" changes with "am". After becoming free, he can enter American society and everyone considers him American!