Dejah House
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Creative Writing
30 September 2016 The supremes analysis
With little knowledge of the poems nature at the start, the writer of “The Supremes” Cornelius Eady demonstrates a very strong yet subtle message right from the beginning with his statement “ We were born grey”. This statement with no background fastly gives the reader a sense of subject and allows them to begin analyzing their own theories as to what Eady means by this bold line. Throughout the piece the reader really gets a sense of the poems true nature with Eadys accurate use of imagery and analepsis. The poem begins by Eady letting in the audience on his topic at hand. This then follows with a series of images including schoolchildren sitting in rows and all consuming the same foods that the audience might relate to to make them feel an instant closeness with the piece. This part of the poem is very crucial because it gives the audience and idea of what Eady means by the word grey. This lets us know that by grey Eady means that we were all born …show more content…
Eady constantly repeats the phrase “A long scream” at the beginning of each new paragraph to explain to the readers a sense of defiance from the children. Even though they were not raised to want more for their lives they seemed to have developed the unwanted emotion anyway. Eady then states that the schoolchildren did “what they could and all they could do was turn on each other” , this tells the audience that they found every way possible to resist the shriveled “grey” environment that was forced upon them. Cornelius Eady goes on in his poem to give examples of how while being raised to be nothing the schoolchildren start to utilize the skills and become the average people they are suppose to be by bullying “fat children” and “freezing out shy girls on the dance floor”. This confirms for the audience that Eadys conclusion was in fact
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Creative Writing
30 September 2016 The supremes analysis
With little knowledge of the poems nature at the start, the writer of “The Supremes” Cornelius Eady demonstrates a very strong yet subtle message right from the beginning with his statement “ We were born grey”. This statement with no background fastly gives the reader a sense of subject and allows them to begin analyzing their own theories as to what Eady means by this bold line. Throughout the piece the reader really gets a sense of the poems true nature with Eadys accurate use of imagery and analepsis. The poem begins by Eady letting in the audience on his topic at hand. This then follows with a series of images including schoolchildren sitting in rows and all consuming the same foods that the audience might relate to to make them feel an instant closeness with the piece. This part of the poem is very crucial because it gives the audience and idea of what Eady means by the word grey. This lets us know that by grey Eady means that we were all born …show more content…
Eady constantly repeats the phrase “A long scream” at the beginning of each new paragraph to explain to the readers a sense of defiance from the children. Even though they were not raised to want more for their lives they seemed to have developed the unwanted emotion anyway. Eady then states that the schoolchildren did “what they could and all they could do was turn on each other” , this tells the audience that they found every way possible to resist the shriveled “grey” environment that was forced upon them. Cornelius Eady goes on in his poem to give examples of how while being raised to be nothing the schoolchildren start to utilize the skills and become the average people they are suppose to be by bullying “fat children” and “freezing out shy girls on the dance floor”. This confirms for the audience that Eadys conclusion was in fact