Comparing Tengo And Yo Tambien, Canto A America

The two poems, Tengo and Yo Tambien, Canto a America are both written by Spanish poets. Tengo was written by Nicolas Guillen in 1964, which was 11 years after the Cuban Revolution. Nicolas Guillen’s work was generally described as an “immediate expression of Cuban life.” His work was usually in the language and rhythm of Cuba’s poor blacks. It was also an important part of the Afro Antillean black movement. Also, Yo Tambien, Canto a America was written by Langston Hughes in 1925. Hughes’s poems were not similar to the other notable black poets of the period. He refused to write about the difference between his personal experience and the common experience of being a black American. He Prefered to tell the stories of his people in way that