Question

In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," for whom do the first-person pronouns "I" and "my" stand?

A.
the speaker and all the rivers the speaker mentions

B.
all people who helped to build all the great civilizations of the past

C.
the speaker and all the people of the speaker's race

D.
all people who live near the rivers mentioned in the poem

Answer 1

The answer is C. The speaker and all the people of the speaker's race

Answer 2

In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" the first person pronouns stand for the speaker and all the people of the speaker's race. The correct answer is C.