Analysis of I, Too
Langston Hughes 1902 (Joplin) – 1967 (New York City)
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
| Scheme | a xbCxxx xxCxxbx xxx a |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100 1101010 111110010 11001 111 011 011 01 111010 11001 11 111 10010 1 01 11110011 0101 1110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 7, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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