In "i, too, sing america." why did langston hughes most likely allude to walt whitman's poem "i hear america singing"?

In "I, Too, Sing America." why did Langston Hughes most likely allude to Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"? Check all that apply. to prove that he had read Whitman's poem to write about similar themes as Whitman to expand on the ideas in Whitman's poem to link his poem with another great American poem to demonstrate that he was a better poet than Whitma

the president was the speaker and it was a great part of history.

explanation:

video of the national aeronautic space administration's (nasa) coverage of president john f. kennedy’s address at rice university, houston, texas, concerning the nation's efforts in space exploration. in his speech the president discusses the necessity for the united states to become an international leader in space exploration and famously states, "we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

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