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Gwendolyn BrooksIn the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, what are three literary devices used? What is the...The theme of the short poem by Gwendolyn Brooks is that high school dropouts often feel proud and sure of themselves at first because they are bolstered by their peers, but eventually they will...
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Gwendolyn Brooks“The Ballad of Rudolph Reed” by Gwendolyn Brooks concerns the hatred and discrimination a black family experiences as they take up their new home in an area that up until this point has been...
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Gwendolyn BrooksWhile the two poems are similar in their themes of the precariousness of love, they certainly differ in their presentation of theme. Indeed, there is a marked difference in the tone of each poem....
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Gwendolyn BrooksWhat do you think I do with the money that enotes pays me for answering this question? I use it to buy food, airtime, Internet, utilities, etc. With that money the providers of those items in...
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Gwendolyn BrooksIn 1950,Gwendolyn Brooks, who lived most of her life in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in part because of her social concerns. Brooks herself said that she attempted...
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We Real CoolI think that the subject matter of Brooks' poem connects to her life. Brooks understood the reality of racial dynamics and how it impacts people in the modern condition from an early age. Seeing...
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Gwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn Brooks uses many different poetic devices in her poem A Song in the Front Yard. Hyperbole: A hyperbole is an exaggeration which readers are not meant to take literally. An example of a...
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Gwendolyn BrooksThe tone of Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “the mother” is extremely complex. The tone of the opening line – “Abortions will not let you forget” – can be read as regretful and as offering a...
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Gwendolyn BrooksLet us remember that the Black Arts Movement actually represented a real growth in African American literature, and through it African Americans were encouraged to start their own unique brand of...
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Gwendolyn BrooksFor an example of two especially rich and complex poems by Brooks, I recommend "the mother" and "The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock." These works deal with complicated issues...
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Gwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn Brooks' voice, as a poet, is multifunctional and multidimensional. Depending upon the focus of the poem, Brooks' voice can be soothing or demanding, angry or calm, happy or sad. Her...
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Gwendolyn BrooksI do believe that Maud Martha is justified in sparing the mouse as told in the poem "Maud Martha Spares the Mouse" by Gwendolyn Brooks. I find that Maud Martha is justified given that she allows...
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Gwendolyn BrooksIn Gwendolyn Brooks's story "Maud Martha Spares the Mouse," what is the significance of the brief...The brief encounter with the mouse in the poem "Maud Martha Spares the Mouse" results in anything but a brief change in Maud Martha. Maud Martha has been tormented by her inability to capture the...
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Gwendolyn BrooksIn order to understand Gwendolyn Brooks' part in her poem entitled, "The Mother," one must understand what "dramatic persona" actually is. Dr. L. Kip Wheeler provides a definition of the "persona"...
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Gwendolyn BrooksI had a magnificent opportunity to hear Gwendolyn Brooks speak and recite her poetry in Charlotte, NC before she passed away. Brooks has an amazing body of work that tends to create, as your...
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Gwendolyn BrooksCan you assume that the girl in Gwendolyn Brook's poem, "a song in the front yard," is a white girl?Not really. Not I, at least. If anything it mostly depicted the social differences of people, in terms of social class rather than focusing on a racial conflict. If you put the story in context...
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Gwendolyn BrooksWhat are some of the associations you apply to the words and images of the poem "The Bean Eaters"...It is a rather bleak picture of a poor, lonely couple that Gwendolyn Brooks portrays in her poem, "The Bean Eaters." Unable to afford meat, the old "yellow pair," African-Americans who have not...
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Gwendolyn BrooksThe word diaspora is a Greek word that means to scatter seeds. The concept of this word is that the ethnic group of African Americans should spread their culture. In the poem “To the...
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Gwendolyn Brooks"Kitchenette Building" from Gwendolyn Brooks' first volume of poetry "A Street in Bronzeville" (1945) is a starkly realistic description of urban poverty. The inmates of the...