The Children of the Poor (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry, Sonnet, War poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Justice, United States or Americans, Mothers, World War II, Poverty or poor people, War, Orphans or orphanages
“The Children of the Poor” is contained in the third part of Annie Allen. Partly autobiographical, Annie Allen consists of three sections: “Notes from the Childhood and Girlhood;” “The Anniad,” a poem of forty-three stanzas, in which the central character, Annie, attains personhood; and “The Womanhood,” in which Annie reaches maturity. In general, Annie Allen requires more concentrated reading than A Street in Bronzeville, as Brooks makes more obscure implications regarding human nature and uses more complex language marked by symbolism,...
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