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Similarities Between Still I Rise And Langston Hughes

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African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance era sought to celebrate their heritage through literary mediums such as poems, newspapers, and novels. The writers tried to convey criticism of the American society’s view on civil rights at the time.. Two highly regarded poets from this era were Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou, and they took their swing at America in poems “I, Too” and “ Still I Rise”. The two poems are alike in how they jab the American public, but they are different in their structure and delivery. “I, Too”, by Langston Hughes, takes a stance against an implied opposition who looks down on Hughes, and that someday he will rise above his dissenter and claim victory, as too does “Still I rise”, by Maya Angelou. The implied

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