Gwendolyn Brooks

In "A Song in the Front Yard," Gwendolyn Brooks uses several poetic devices, including alliteration, hyperbole, personification, extended metaphor, repetition, and contrast. The extended metaphor...

According to the speaker in "The Sonnet-Ballad" by Gwendolyn Brooks, people fight wars because they find war beautiful and seductive. The poem personifies war as a lover that lures men away with its...

In Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "Afrika" symbolizes a collective identity and cultural heritage for African-Americans, emphasizing a deep-rooted connection to the African continent. It represents an inner...

In Gwendolyn Brooks's 1949 poem "The Children of the Poor," the opening four lines offer both an image an a metaphor. The speaker avers that people who have no children "attain a mail of ice and...

Brooks's use of end rhyme and internal rhyme in "The Bean Eaters" emphasizes the unity of the old couple and the simple rhythm of their shared life.

We cannot assume the girl in Gwendolyn Brooks's "a song in the front yard" is white. The poem primarily highlights social class differences rather than focusing on racial conflict. While Brooks's...

The poems "To Be in Love" by Gwendolyn Brooks and "Love Song: I and Thou" by Alan Dugan both explore love's uncertainty but differ in tone and style. Brooks's poem is romantic and hopeful, focusing...