John Wakeman’s “Love in Brooklyn” is about two co-workers who are at a bar conversing about love. The man, who is described as having a large figure, seems uncomfortable in expressing his love for Horowitz, his co-worker. I plan to prove that the speaker’s use of tone, diction, and imagery contribute to the development of the two characters in the poem. This paragraph is about the poem’s tone. Many tones are seen throughout the poem, such as genuineness, denial, and sarcasm, and the tones change along with the feelings that the woman has for the man. It seems that the phrase “I love you” (Wakeman 1) is one of the hardest things to say to a person, as one may not know the response he or she will get back. Courageously, the man in the poem expresses
