Gwendolyn Brooks

opportunity to open doorways in the minds of those reading their literary works. They paint the picture, bring back the smells, and give the quiet pages sound. Such is true in the poems “The Lanyard” by Billy Collins and “A Song in the Front Yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks. These poets allow the reader to feel and see the thoughts of the speakers through their descriptive verses. The speakers of these works are of different ages, one an adult and one a child. The common bond between the two are…

I will be comparing and contrasting are Gwendolyn Brooks’ “Speech to the young, speech to the progress toward,” and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask.” I find that the poems are similar, in that they deal with human nature and tendencies. But they contrast in how they choose overcome the problems at hand. I will explore each poem’s views on human behavior and how the humans deal with emotions, according to the author. The focus. In Gwendolyn Brooks poem, the title “Speech to the young,…

Firstly, both poets use symbolism to represent the cycle of human life. In the first poem “We Cool” written by Gwendolyn Brooks the stage of childhood and teenage years are examined. The poem is about young, reckless teenage boys who always keep trying to live life to the fullest. They have no cares about the world and the consequences of their actions, the only thing…

for what every circumstances they are in, aborting a child does not mean that woman is happy with her decisions or feels no guilt. In the poem “the mother” by Gwendolyn brooks tell a story of just that , all though she aborted her children this doesn’t mean she is not a mother or not to have loved her unborn children. As Gwendolyn Brooks wrote this poem decades ago the messages she Intel 's still touches many women close to the heart, to think that abortions are still so popular but today…

you must first live it." The first black author to win the Pulitzer prize, Gwendolyn Brooks, is among the most distinguished African-American poets. Already in love with writing poetry, she first published her poem at the age of 13. Many of her life experiences influenced her work greatly. First of all, Gwendolyn Brooks uses important elements from her childhood and weaves them into her poetry. In Bronzeville, Brooks lived in a kitchenette and, "Only one who has actually lived and suffered in…

Readers can draw many connections from two great poems. Gwendolyn Brooks is a writer that focusses on the uprooting and the inability to make a living in black communities. In the poem “The Explorer” by Gwendolyn Brooks, talks about the needs of every human being. The needs and wants that everyone desires. Robert Hayden faced a difficult childhood that he used to fuel his fire. In “Frederick Douglass” by Robert Hayden, he describes a burning passion we all have inside of us. Both of…

Myra Brooks Turner passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Parkwest Hospital surrounded by her family. Myra Brooks-Turner is an educator, an award-winning composer, professional pianist and freelance writer. Having started musical training at The Juilliard School in New York City at age twelve, she holds bachelors and masters honors degrees with piano, theory and composition from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. A professional composer and musical director in Dallas, Myra…

Being a mother usually brings happiness, wonderful memories, and love. However, in Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother” (568) does not bring happiness or good memories, but love in return. Imagery is used throughout the poem and gives it a visual aspect of the true meaning within. Some people disagree with women aborting their unborn children and that they do not love or care for the babies. Abortion is a matter of the mother and an unborn child, and the reasons for which they believe is…

Gwendolyn Brooks wrote “The Crazy Women” as a quatrain. This quatrain consisted of many Stanzas. This arrangement of words and lines turned into important meaning that a reader or writer could understand. Each stanza is written in four different lines. Brooks does use repetition in her writing. “I’ll wait until November” line is both mention in the first and second stanza. These four line combined with the repetition turned in a beautiful masterpiece. “The Crazy Women” poem sound can be heard…

Everything written in this essay has been taken from “The Mother”, by Gwendolyn Brooks. Abortions. It is the first word of the poem, and the first word of this essay. Used as an attempt to grab the reader, and keep them hooked, “Abortions will not let you forget.” (L. 1). Forget what? Forget the feeling of a doctor extracting a dead fetus from a womb? Or, forgetting that a one-night fling, turned into getting pregnant unintentionally? It might not have been just a one time thing, it could…