Poems can relate to each other in subtle ways. It takes time and thought to see these relations. When poems intertwine in a complementary ways, -as the poems by Mr. Hughes and the work by Mr. Dunbar-the analysis becomes intriguing when we look at how they over lap, when they complement each other and why they have so much in common.

When we are trapped in any way, hope can be the only means to survive. The Caged Bird poem says that the caged bird does not sing for joy, but for hope. Hughes says that to aspire we must not lose sight of our dreams, or we must continua to sing.

Hughes starts where Sympathy ended. Sympathy says why they must seek emancipation and Hughes says how. To free them self’s they must fallow their dreams so that they will never lose sight of the dreams they have.

Both Hughes and Dunbar had similar backgrounds. The same emotions were driving their poetry. Dunbar’s grandparents where enslaved. He must have felt that some how that gave him the experience of slavery. Hughes growing up in a poor black neighborhood probably felt that he was trapped in that situation. This felling of being oppressed has influenced their writing greatly.

After looking at how they where the same and where they had similar thems it might have been expected that they came from appreciation because they had backgrounds or heritage in common. Extreme emotion can yield great poetry the same emotions make for resembling poetry.

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