I Hear America Singing Comparison

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Many African Americans were mistreated and abused during the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil War. Walt Whitman the author of “I Hear America Singing” grew up a young boy in
West Hills, NY during post Civil War times. On the other hand Langston Hughes the author of “Let America be America Again” grew up in Joplin, MO as a young African American boy. Even though both poems “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America be America
Again” have many commonalities there are also many differences; one such factor that impacted the poem was their diversity in race.
“I Hear America Singing” and “Let America be America Again” have many examples of correlation. One example is the both grew up during a civil time.
Walt Whitman was during the time