Analysis of I, Too, Sing America

Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)



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 strong, and grow strong.                                                  Tomorrow, I'll be at the table, When company comes.Nobody will 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
Poetic Form
Metre 1110100110101111100101100111011011011110101100111111100101011111001101011110100
Characters 611
Words 65
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 246
Words per line (avg) 335
Letters per stanza (avg) 246
Words per stanza (avg) 335
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Amy Lowell

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. more…

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