What is the extended metaphor in the poem "I, Too, Sing America"? Eating in the kitchen is being compared to racial segregation in America. Company is being compared to the enslavement of African Americans. Beauty is being compared to laughing, eating well, and growing strong. Eating in the kitchen is being compared to company that arrives unexpectedly.

The correct answer is Eating in the kitchen is being compared to racial segregation in America.

Explanation:

A racial segregation refers to the separation of certain ethnic or racial groups from the activities that all people carry out daily, in this case it would be eating in the dining room.

This daily activity is denied to the protagonist of the poem just because he belongs to a different race. That is why this person in the poem claims that he is a person from whom you can enjoy his company just like any other.

However, when company arrives they send him to eat in the kitchen so as not to share the table with these people.

the flighty purpose never is o'ertook / unless the deed go with it"