I Hear America Singing Analysis

In this essay I will be talking about the American Voice. The American voice is characterized by themes of hard work, unity, and diversity. There are three particular pieces of work that support my characteristics towards the American voice. The three pieces of evidence are two poems entitled “ I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, and “I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes and the third piece of evidence is Barack Obama's speech from the Democratic National Convention in 2004. The American Voice is represented by the theme of hard work. This is demonstrated in Walt Whitman’s poem when he states “morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown” proclaiming that Americans work all day long for a long period of time (7). This idea is also found in Walt Whitman's
In Barack Obama's speech he reminds us that “alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga, a belief that we are connected as one people”. This piece of evidence suggests that we are independent, but we are also all one whole group. in Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech of 2004 he claims that “we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America” Obama is saying that we as Americans all have one common purpose; to defend our country together. Finally, the American voice is characterized as diverse. In Langston Hughes poem entitled “I, Too, Sing America” in line 3 he acknowledges “I am the darker brother” meaning that he was an American, but a black American indicating that there isn't just one American. In addition to Whitman’s poem in Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech in 2004 Obama emphasizes that “There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America”. When Obama states this he’s stating that there are many diverse cultures in