Natalie Lopatowski

I, Too

BY LANGSTON HUGHES

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody"ll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed - 

I, too, am America.

***The tone of the second stanza can best be described as ..

(A)hopeful

(B)degrading

(C)impatient

(D)amiable

(E)negative