Worth yo time Instructions
"I Too Sing America" was written by Langston Hughes and "I Hear
America Singing" was written by Walt Whitman. You are going to read
the two poems and COMPARE and CONTRAST them to one another. Find
the original dates that both poems were written. Based upon the dates
written, you will explain EACH man's message - what did he want his
intended audience to learn from him?(this should be explained in
separate paragraphs). Then, in another separate paragraph, Explain
"HOW" each man's ethnicity (race) had an impact upon what his message
was and "WHY" his message was so important. Finally, in a FOURTH
paragraph, Explain how EACH man's poem's message "IS" or is "NOT"
inspirational to "ALL" people - please use this space to PROVE why you
believe one man's message "IS" inspirational and the other man's
message "IS NOT" inspirational - please quote evidence from the text of
the poem to back up your point of view.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Which lines in this excerpt from act iv of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

Research the literary work you want to discuss and gather enough evidence to support your thesis statement. then write a 300-word essay. apply the writing strategies you explored in this lesson.