We all develop our own identity and personality from the day we are born till today. Some of us can easily lose that identity and personality depending on the situation we experience, and sometimes it is our loved ones that deal with that loss. The speaker in Gwendolyn Brooks “the sonnet-ballad” uses literary elements such as metaphor and personification to express her grief and loss of her lover’s identity being lost back at war.
In the sonnet, personification is a major aspect because the speaker utilizes it to show and express the loss she has experienced. Brooks begins the poem with “Oh mother, mother, where is happiness? / They took my lover’s tallness off to war” (Brooks 1-2). The speaker personifies happiness and tallness as if they
In the sonnet, personification is a major aspect because the speaker utilizes it to show and express the loss she has experienced. Brooks begins the poem with “Oh mother, mother, where is happiness? / They took my lover’s tallness off to war” (Brooks 1-2). The speaker personifies happiness and tallness as if they