Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses Compare and Contrast I Hear America Singing and I, Too.Walt Whitman is a legendary, American writer, but is specifically remembered as a poet. He embraced hu

Create a 4 page essay paper that discusses Compare and Contrast I Hear America Singing and I, Too.

Walt Whitman is a legendary, American writer, but is specifically remembered as a poet. He embraced humanistic values and helped to usher in the bridge between transcendence and realism. Whitman is acknowledged in the American canon and is often referred to as the father of “free verse”. Similarly, the writer Langston Hughes has become a poetic legend. Hughes is best known for his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance. The purpose of this paper, is to compare and contrast a poem by Walt Whitman and a poem by Langston Hughes. The two works being discussed are I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman and I, Too by Langston Hughes. Specifically, the two pieces will be compared to illustrate that though Whitman’s piece celebrates a broad aspect of American culture (working men and women), he has not done so thoroughly enough as his piece seems to virtually categorize individuals by their occupations. Even though he intends to portray a multi layered strata of individuals which make up a larger group, he has perhaps forgotten about the “darker brother” which Hughes’ piece reminds us to consider.In the piece entitled I Hear America Sing, Whitman essentially discusses laborers of different trades, all working at their respective jobs but yet working in unison. This is done somewhat, through the personification of the group as a whole versus the individuals which make up the group.