Comparing American Singing 'And' I Hear America Singing

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Pain is not a conduit to art or joy because life is a joyful ride you have to keep driving until your wheels fall off. In the poems ‘' I hear America singing'' written by Walt Whitman during the celebration of Independence Day, and ‘'I too sing America'' by Langston Hughes during the period of discrimination and segregation in America, both authors use literary devices to portray the structure of the American society and the idea of nationalism. Although both poems illustrate the American ideals, they portray different concepts about them. First, the poem ‘'I hear America singing'' shows the togetherness of the American people, happiness and hardworking. In the first line of the poem, Whitman said ‘'I hear America singing the varied carols