ミシェル・フォーブスさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ミシェル・フォーブスInstagram)「#Repost @historycoolkids ・・・ "I, Too" was first published in 1926 and outlines Hughes' hope for true equality in America through sheer perseverance.⁣ ⁣ His poem is a near direct reference to Walt Whitman's poem, "I Hear America Singing" (1860):⁣ ⁣ "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,⁣ ⁣ Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,⁣ ⁣ The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,⁣ ⁣ The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,⁣ ⁣ The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,⁣ ⁣ The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,⁣ ⁣ The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,⁣ ⁣ The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,⁣ ⁣ Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,⁣ ⁣ The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,⁣ ⁣ Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs."⁣」6月3日 5時11分