Explanation:
‘America, I Sing You Back’ is a poem written by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. She is a very well known poet. In this poem, Coke is speaking from the native perspective and from the perspective of a mother who is calling to her child. Here the child refers to America.
Through the poem Coke have made use of the words ‘sing back.’ For example- ‘America, I sing back. Sing back what sung you in.
Sing back the moment you cherished breath.’ We can see here the phrase represents the calling. The call from a mother to her child. The call of whatever in happening in the country. By using this phrase the poet puts an emphasis on the situations of America.
