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'The conventions of modern poetry can also lend themselves to the voice of protest for the subversive minorities '. This statement is pointful because the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes's poem, ' I, Too ' portrays a perfect example of how the conventions of modern poetry can also lend themselves to the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans. The poem ' I, Too ' and Harlem Renaissance are interconnected. Because this poem was written by Langston Hughes who was the leader of the Harlem Renaissance. So, the Harlem Renaissance and the poem 'I, Too ' have a great significance to the voice of protest for the subversive minorities like African Americans. This essay will focus on how the conventions of modern poetry became the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans, how the voice of protest helped African Americans fight the discrimination against them, and I will also discuss my thoughts regarding the conventions of modern poetry becoming the voice of protest for the African Americans in light of the Harlem Renaissance and the poem 'I, Too' by Langston Hughes.
First of all, I am going to discuss how the conventions of modern poetry became the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans in light of the Harlem Renaissance and the poem 'I, Too ' by Langston Hughes. Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural rebirth of African-American music, dance, art, literature, and poetry based in Harlem, New York. Hughes was the leader of the Harlem Renaissance. His poem 'I, Too' is interconnected with the Harlem Renaissance because the main idea behind the Harlem Renaissance and 'I, Too' is similar which is the protest of racial discrimination against African Americans. The Harlem Renaissance and this poem also contributed to the emerging cultural identity of the black people of America. The poem 'I, Too ' is a response to Walt Whitman's poem 'I Hear America Singing '. Because in the poem, ' I Hear America Singing ' Whitman neglected the real conflict that divided Americans. He didn't mention about slavery and the black people. So, Hughes wrote the poem 'I, Too ' from the perspective of an African American man. Here, I can see how the conventions of modern poetry such as alienation inspired Hughes to write the poem 'I, Too '. This poem is also the product of the Harlem Renaissance. This poem became the voice of protest for African Americans. The first line of this poem says, ' I, too, sing America '. This line indicates the belonging of African Americans and also indicates the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans. The American society was fragmented because they neglected a huge part of their population. Also, the white Americans isolated themselves from the Black Americans and they didn't consider African Americans as one of them. This isolation inspired African Americans to become the voice of protest for their rights.
This is how the conventions of modern poetry became the voice of protest for the subversive minorities like African Americans.
Now, I am going to discuss how the voice of protest helped African Americans fight the discrimination against them in light of the Harlem Renaissance and the poem ' I, Too ' by Langston Hughes. The Harlem Renaissance helped African Americans discover the power of literature, art, music, and poetry as a way of raising their voice and protesting against the discrimination they were facing just because of being black. In the poem 'I, Too ' we can also see that Hughes has raised their voice against the discrimination against African Americans. In the first stanza of this poem, he tells us how the black people were living a life without freedom and consideration. They had only a few legal and civil rights. In the second stanza, he hopes their voices of protest will end this discrimination. He also forces a racially equal society in the future. This is how the voice of protest helped African Americans to fight the discrimination against them.
Finally, I am going to discuss my thoughts regarding the conventions of modern poetry becoming the voice of protest for the African American community in light of the Harlem Renaissance and the poem 'I, Too'. The conventions of modern poetry such as alienation, fragmentation, and isolation inspired subversive minorities like African Americans to raise their voices and protest against discrimination. So, I think the conventions of modern poetry played a great role in becoming the voice of protest for the subversive minorities like African Americans.
In conclusion, I can say that the conventions of modern poetry not only lend themselves to the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans but also help them to raise their voices against discrimination. In this essay, I have discussed how the conventions of modern poetry became the voice of protest for African Americans in light of the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes's poem ' I, Too'. I have also discussed how the voice of protest, the Harlem Renaissance, and the poem 'I, Too' had a great influence on the African Americans to fight against racial discrimination.
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