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What are the literary devices in "I too Sing America"?
I need to know what literary devices are in the poem "I Too Sing America" by Langston Hughes (symbolism, metaphors etc.). Any help is greatly appreciated, I understand the poem but its a bit hard to tell whats literal and whats not. Here is a link to the peom
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15615
Again thanks.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
the symbolism in I too is the fact that even though he has to eat in the kitchen and be treated as a second class citizen, he know the day is coming when he will be the master, so to speak. he knows that he will not have to eat in the back forever. so he just smiles and laughs it off, because he knows something that the master does not. in time everything will change in his favor, and he takes pleasure in that thought.