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[keira]

Bonjour pouvez vous m'aider s'il vous plaît à répondre à ces questions? Merci beaucoup.

Let America be America again

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-- Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years. Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home-- For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free. (1938)

1-Who is I in the poem of Langston Hughes. Why do you think he chose to speak in the first person.

ma réponse: In the poem I is Langston and often the Black man. He chose to speak in the first person for mark the mind and people.

2- What does the title imply? Consider the date when it was published.

ma réponse: The title imply the America must continue to welcome immigrants and help all immigrants.

3- Hughes was an African-American poet. Does he express the resentment of African-Americans only?

ma réponse: He does not express only the resentment of African-Americans but of all immigrants.

4-Show that the poem covers the whole of American history. ma réponse: faut il parler de l'esclavage et de la fuite des Irlandais sur le Mayflower?

5- Is the poet bitter or hopeful? ma réponse: the poet is hopeful because he wears the symbol of the freedom and embodys the american dreams.

6- what is the role of the poet in a society? ma réponse: A poet can brings peace respect tolerance through a poem. A poet can influence people through a poem. He can brings hope and do dreams people. He can influence people through his ideas. He describes the society as she is and often give his opinions. He can guide people to made their mind.

7- What did the pusuit of happiness mean to the early immigrants to the Irish in the 1850's to the African-Americans in the 1930's? What does ùean to the Cubans and Mexicans and to the Asians who have arrived more recently? ma réponse: est-ce l'espoir d'une vie meilleur de trouver un job d'avoir un salaire?

merci pour toute aide apportée.

[Jean B]

Bonjour Keira et bienvenue sur le site.

Let America be America again

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-- Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years. Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home-- For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free. (1938)

1-Who is I in the poem of Langston Hughes. Why do you think he chose to speak in the first person.

ma réponse: In the poem I is Langston and often the Black man. He chose to speak in the first person <for> to mark the mind and people.<(jamais for devant un infinitif)

=> Pas seulement.

Relis le texte attentivement et tu verras que le "I" est plus pluriel et multiple que ça. N'y a-t-il pas un nom qui englobe, résume tous ces "I" ?

Sachant cela, quelle peut bien être la raison qui a poussé le poète à employer la première personne ?

2- What does the title imply? Consider the date when it was published.

ma réponse: The title implies <(sujet singulier = S au verbe) that America must continue to welcome immigrants and help all immigrants.

=> OK, mais tu pourrais être plus précise à partir de la date.

Que se passait-il en Europe à cette époque-là, qui a poussé nombre de personnes à émigrer aux USA ?

3- Hughes was an African-American poet. Does he express the resentment of African-Americans only?

ma réponse: He does not only express the resentment of African-Americans but of all immigrants. => OK

4-Show that the poem covers the whole of American history. ma réponse: faut il parler de l'esclavage et de la fuite des Irlandais sur le Mayflower?

=> Relis le poème et relève plus particulièrement les noms qui sont autant de liens avec des périodes de l'histoire et tu en déduiras facilement la réponse. Les Pilgrim Fathers en faisaient partie, c'est vrai, de même que les esclaves importés d'Afrique, et beaucoup plus tard les Irlandais aussi. Revois tes sources historiques.

5- Is the poet bitter or hopeful? ma réponse: The poet is hopeful because he wears <(?) the symbol of <the> freedom and embodies the American dream.<(qu'as-tu voulu dire ? ce n'est pas clair)

6- what is the role of the poet in a society? ma réponse: A poet can bring<s> <(toujours Base Verbale après un modal, toujours) peace, respect, tolerance through a poem. A poet can influence people through a poem. He can bring<s> <(idem) hope and <do dreams> make people dream. He can influence people through his ideas. He describes <the> society as <she> it is and often gives <(sujet singulier = S au verbe. Bis !) his opinions. He can guide people to make up their minds.

=> OK, bonne réflexion mais trop de fautes de grammaire. Dommage !

7- What did the pursuit of happiness mean to the early immigrants, to the Irish in the 1850's, to the African-Americans in the 1930's? What does it mean to the Cubans and Mexicans and to the Asians who have arrived more recently? ma réponse: est-ce l'espoir d'une vie meilleur de trouver un job d'avoir un salaire?

=> Oui bien sûr, mais efforce-toi d'être plus précise.

Les raisons d'émigrer n'étaient pas les mêmes pour les premiers émigrants, les Pilgrim Fathers du Mayflower, qu'elles l'étaient pour les Irlandais de la seconde moitié du 19e siècle, pour ne reprendre que ces deux exemples..

Conseil : pour chacune des catégories citées dans la question, retrouve la ou les cause(s) historique(s) qui a/ont poussé ces gens à émigrer en Amérique.

merci pour toute aide apportée.

[keira]

Bonjour JRB merci pour votre aide. Quand j'ai employé 'embody" j'ai voulu dire que Langston était le porteur du rêve américain.