‘I Hear America Singing’ & ‘I, too, sing America’ Two visions of America are given in this commentary, one by Walt Whitman, considered as American’s first modern poet, and the other by Langston Hughes, a black poet. With an one-Century interval, things didn’t evolve for some people. What’s the link between the two texts while they’re so different ? Our first concern will be the patriotic vision of America. Then we will discuss about the hidden face of America. We will finally turn to the comparison between these two America. I. Patriotic vision of America

In America, working class sings while their job. Walt Whitman describes it in a free verse poem. Besides, he’s declared as the pioneer of this writing, and also known as America’s fisrt poet of democraty. In fact, in 1860, he chose to write an American epic, in the collection Leaves of Grass, which this text is extracted. He used a realistic imagery to focus on the working class democracy. As a starting point, we shall examine the important place of the work, and we’ll then discuss about the America song, as a symbol. 1. The important place of the work At first, this 13-lines poem is composed of 2 stanzas, one with 12 lines, and the other with 1 line. Moreover, it’s made up only one sentence, and several emjambements are used, on line 4, 6, 9, 11 and 13. It’s written in free verse, which explain the irregular line endings, and with a current langage. The employed tone is optimistic and lively. As can be seen on line 2, theirs songs are ‘blithe and strong’ and music is something, which can gather many people together. Then the poet is the only speaker, as it is shown by the use of the pronoun ‘I’, at the first line. He brings out the title by a repetition in the opening line. With that, he puts in front that he want to listen. Himself, he is not implied in. As often in a free verse poem, there are not any rhyme scheme, and any