Comparing Gwendolyn Brooks And Joseph Langland's Poems
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The following essay will be analysis with the use of themes and symbolisms from both works of Gwendolyn Brooks and Joseph Langland’s poems. The overall process of this essay will just present the development of me trying to compare the works of Gwendolyn Brooks and Joseph Langland step by step. I’m going to provide the title of the poem and a short analysis on what the poem means, plus opinions that I have for that poem. Also that most of these poems that I’m going to analyze are not always going to be long, some might be short since one words does give out a meaning to what I’m also trying to make a statement on. For the first part of this essay, im going to inform on the theme of love, hope and war, while in the second part I will start mentioning on the symbol of god , the theme of independence and also survival for both Gwendolyn Brooks and Joseph Langland . Honestly I was never interested in poetry at all…show more content… Joseph Langland’s is Norwegian American who was serving in the U.S infantry during 1942-1946, which explains the repeated use of god and the comfort of woman in his work since he had to experience a part of war . Poetry is a form of expressing of oneself, or other people that they know or see the actions in their life, with emotions that needs to presented or heard ,whenever if it’s the most happiest moment in their life or the most devastated and tragic moment. What are the connections between Gwendolyn Brooks and Joseph Langland’s poetry in common themes? For these two poets, even if they had lived in different time periods, they show a connection with the use of symbolism and themes. Common themes that had been used in both of their work were hope, love, war and