To illustrate, in the poem “I Hear America Singing”, Whitman writes of several workers “the mechanic”(2), “the carpenter”(3), “the shoemaker”(6 ) and includes workers of both sexes, who are defined by the work they perform. However, in the poem Whitman does not mention the singing of the unwanted or people who are often excluded from society due to racial circumstances. For this reason, the poem “I, Too” can be used as an adaptation in which intertextuality becomes a central element of adoption theory. For example, in his poem “I, Too,” Langston Hughes writes: “ I too sing America / I am the darkest brother. / They send me to eat in the kitchen / When the company arrives” (Ugo 1-4). This shows that despite being a person of color, he also had the freedom to sing about America even when others did not see him as part of society. Additionally, the poem "I Hear America Singing" and Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" can be considered a palimpsest in which Hughes offers a new perspective on American identity and freedom to new audiences such as African Americans and immigrants..