I, too, sing America and The Negro Speaks… / Langston Hughes

Test Practice

Compare and Contrast

Read, Think, and Explain. Compare and contrast the speaker’s experiences in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “I, too, sing America.” What attitude toward these experiences is expressed in each poem?

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