support and encourage us, people and things to live for, and always another goal that needs to be accomplished-- things that fuel our determination and strengthen our resolve. The two poems, “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Toward” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes are good examples of how poetry, too, can speak to a reader’s heart and mind and fuel their determination. “Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress
“the mother,” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem concerning abortion. Within this poem there is a consistent argument; does the speaker regret having an abortion or not. The poem does not choose one way or the other if it supports abortion or not. Brooks chose to write this poem to portray some of the emotions and thoughts that go through some “mother’s” heads when they terminate a pregnancy. For the speaker it seems to be especially difficult. She explains that yes, there are some things she is happy
Gwendolyn Brooks Not all poets have had an easy life; however, poetry has influenced many in the world today. Gwendolyn Brooks was so inspired by poetry that as a teacher she encouraged her students to become writers by exposing them to different types of literature (“Gwendolyn Brooks.” Famous). Brooks herself wrote over 20 books of poetry (“Gwendolyn Brooks.” Poets). Gwendolyn Brooks took the challenges she faced in life and turned it into her inspiration, making her a role model to people who
African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks is an inspirational artist who has set the path for other black artists. She focused on the lives of regular black citizens and the struggles they endure on a regular basis, educating those of the culture of black Americans. Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems were influential in depicting the issues of the era in the African American community. Born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas, Brooks moved at an early age to Chicago Illinois. Here,
Gwendolyn Brooks was an African American poet born on, “June 17th, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas” (“Gwendolyn Brooks”). Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in Chicago, Illinois with her mother and her brother. In her writing career she often sought inspiration and constructive criticism from Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson. Johnson stated that, “she was indeed talented, but needed to acquaint with more modern poets” (“Gwendolyn Brooks Biography”). Brooks was the first, “black author to win the Pulitzer
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
literary trend; while modernism was established on a basis of the blues’ new way of expressing what is seeing (Young). In writing blue poems, Hughes used specific irony and earthy tone for describing such themes as struggle, sex, race and despair. In the essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Langston expressed his ashamed attitude towards black poets, who wanted to act not as a Negro poet, but as just a poet without race. He was always honest in his writings about the society in which he was