In what ways does Hughes' tone differ between the two poems, "I Too" and "Dream Deferred"?

Question

Here are the two poems..
Here is I too
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed -
I, too, am America.

Here is Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Answer 1

I too - tone of protesting defiance
Dream - tone of defiant protest

Both have tone of lamentation against marginality and exclusion being condemned to second-class servility and denied the American Dream

Answer 2

Dreaming about snakes in general has always been a symbol of healing. The dream of a snake would mean that if you have a sickness, you will be getting better. But that is not the only thing that it means in modern times. Today we see the snake as a symbol of change. Like the snake sheds it's skin so that it can grow, we need to shed something in our lives so that we can grow into something better, bigger.. The fact that it is a cobra and the other snakes are not befriending you but attacking you and the cobra is your protector would change the mean just a little. The cobra could be a tie to India or it's religion, maybe a person that you associate with those, etc.. it could mean that you feel safe there in want ever tie you have to it. But that your fears of what is to come if you leave that security are keeping you from growing and achieving your goals. It doesn't mean that your going to do better if you break free of that security, it just means that you subconsciously think that you need to spread your wings a fly!!!!! There is more possibilities, not knowing you, nor being able to ask you questions kind of limits how things are interpreted.