After reading the Langston Hughes poem I, Too, Sing America, I want you to write a poem as if it were being written today. Explain how segregation has ended and, using the kitchen as a metaphor, how this same poem would be written in present time. Your poem must be at least three stanzas long and each stanza must be at least five lines long. It does not have to rhyme or follow any particular poem scheme. Good luck!! (You can use the room below or the back to write your speech.) PLEASE HELP

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Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?