The topic of suicide is, and always has been, a grim subject to discuss or write about; however, this did not stop Gwendolyn Brooks from writing a poem about suicide titled, “To the Young Who Want to Die.” In this poem, the speaker of this poem seems to be Gwendolyn Brooks but is not specified. This method of writing is useful because of the way the poem is formatted, combined with the words used in the poem, lets the reader see that the speaker is talking directly to them, or to anyone who wants to commit suicide. What makes this so useful is the uniqueness of how it is used throughout the poem and how it does not stray from the title of the poem. The reasons to not commit suicide in her poem are interesting because of how they are worded,
