What Are The Metaphors In I Too Sing America

Still I Rise and I, Too Sing America are poems that were written in the time of African American’s struggles for equality. Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou construed the meaning of black pride put it in poems for people to relate. These poems were written to help them overcome the difficulties of racism from that time period. African Americans lacked justice for, this period of time was when the blacks were property to white men, also known as the inferior race. Langston Hughes’ I, Too Sing America is narrated from one slave’s perspective, but he is referring to the whole population of slaves. In the poem America is a symbol of equality, he says “I, too, am America” meaning he and all other slaves are equal to the rest of society. Hughes portrayed hope to other slaves by saying “Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table”.
Maya Angelou was a well-known black civil rights activist, loved by many for her inspiring works. Still I Rise, like I, Too Sing America, this poem gave a sense of hope, and strength to the readers. She used many metaphors in her poem such as “I am a black ocean … I bear in the tide.” The tide of an ocean goes back weak but comes back stronger than before. Maya is suggesting that she can be pushed down but each time she will rise again stronger than