Please hurry!! The poems “I, Too” by Langston Hughes and “From the Dark Tower” by Countee Cullen both use figurative language to express their opinions about racial segregation. Read each poem, and then match each characteristic to the correct poem. Please No Random Answers

From the Dark Tower - paradox of social injustice, uses set meter and rhyme scheme, symbol of wasted efforts

I, Too - references a Walt Whitman work, uses free verse

Explanation:

Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen were very significant poets who belonged to the Harlem Renaissance movement.

Cullen's poem From the Dark Tower tells about the paradox of social injustice. White people have always oppressed African Americans, and this is present in the given poem as well. African Americans are the ones doing the work, and white people don't allow them to be rewarded for their effort. This is why their efforts are wasted.

It's written in a set meter called iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is abab.

I, Too references Whitman's poem called I Hear America Singing. It's written using free verse. This is why it doesn't have a set meter or rhyme, unlike From the Dark Tower.

explanation:

the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.