American Literature / Unit 13 AML 1207 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"I, Too"
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The idea
The speaker is the darker brother sent to eat in the kitchen when company comes, who laughs, eats well and grows strong, and says that tomorrow he will be at the table and nobody will dare tell him to leave. The poem answers Whitman's singing America with a promise.
In practice
Sent to the kitchen, and coming back.
Where people slip
Written against Whitman's line.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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