Similarities Between Still I Rise And Langston Hughes

Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes were both prominent African American authors, who used their work to talk about the mistreatment of the African Americans in the United States. Both authors used their popularity to share information about the African American culture. The authors' work provided how African Americans felt oppressed because of the effects of discrimination. The works done by both authors, Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes’ "I, Too, Sing America" both share similar meanings, but the authors use different tones and ways to tell dissimilar stories. "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou is a poem that tells of the oppression shown to blacks and herself. At the beginning of the poem she talks about the oppression that
Hughes starts the poem off by stating he is an American just like the whites who oppress his race, "I, too, sing America”. Hughes does this to further express the alienation the whites express towards their own people. Hughes's tone throughout "I, Too, Sing America" also differs from Angelou's. Hughes’ tone is more moderate and earmarked. In the commencement, Hughes abides by his master and waits for his time until his oppressors come to an appreciative that blacks are just as equivalent to them but, then he says “they will see how magnificent I am and be chagrinned”. This is conveying that he thinks once whites are educated on the topic of racism they will be disgusted with themselves. Hughes uses a variety of sentence structure to convey the most important parts of his meaning. Hughes uses the repetition to signify the importance of his message. In conclusion the difference between Angelou and Hughes is that Hughes uses his poem to make white people feel ashamed for the way they treat blacks. While in Angelou's poem the speaker is speaking directly to her oppressors. The similarity in both poems is that they convey the message that they will triumph over racism and