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FNMisuri_I, Too, Sing America
by FNMisuri - (2013-10-20)
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I, Too, Sing America

The title's analysis

Starting to analyze the title, you can say that it coincides with first line of the poem. The word "Too" it is enclosed in two commas because the poet wants to highlight this word and the concept that is expressed by its.
The word "Sing" has not the literal meaning, but it means "to have some say in the matter". In addition the intelligent reader can understand the that this poem refers to a social situation in America, in particular in United States.
You can notice that the title conveys a sense of curiosity in the reader.

The denotative analysis

At the beginning of the poem the speaking voice claims the right to "sing" and he presents his differences than white people: skin colour. Hereinafter he describe his action and attitudes hen he eat.
Continuing he affirms that one day he may eat in diving room and nobody will dare to say to him: "Eat in the kitchen". And they understand how much he is important for America.

The structure analysis

The poem is organized into five sections.
In the first part, composed by first line, the poet claims the right to be considered a common American citizen by other people.
In the second part, composed by six lines, he describes his condition: he must eat in the kitchen and not in dining room because he is black.
In the third part, composed by seven lines, he explains the idea about what will happen tomorrow: he can eat at the table in dining room because he will have the same right of white people. Nobody can say to him: "Eat in the kitchen".
In the fourth part, composed by three lines, he underlines that one day the same people who have kept out him from social life they feel ashamed and the understand their mistake.
In the last line of the poem the poet asserts that he is American and he feels himself American.

The connotative analysis

This poem is a criticism to the lifestyle of American people in his time. The intelligent reader can understand that the central theme of this poem is equality that in his time white people didn't reconise to black people.
During this time the whites considered their self better than blacks. White people had more rights than black people. In the poem the clauses is short incisive.
This poem can be divided in two parts. In  the fist part the poet refers about the black people's condition. They was forced to work a lot of hour per day without a decent reward.
The poet underlines that he had to eat in the kitchen when there are guests. In the second part the speaking voice explain that one day black people will have same rights than white people and he can eat in the dining room like any person.
The people, who have forced him to eat in the kitchen, feel shame because they understand how much he is "beautiful". He claims the rights of a common American citizen through some expression like "I'll be at the table", "Nobody'll dare", "They'll see how beautiful I am" and "I, too, am America".