Throughout the course of the semester I will be reading and analyzing the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks. The subject of the poem is abortions, and it shows the many conflicts, emotions and decisions that are a part of the processing of a woman aborting her child. The meaning that transcends through this poem, is that a woman can be a mother without fully having a child. Among the many ways a New Critic could analyze this text to explain its meaning, the two most important of them are the
“the mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem told from the perspective of an anonymous mother who has had several abortions. Through the course of the poem the mother struggles with her feelings about the actions she had taken to prevent another pregnancy. “the mother” shows that motherhood and abortion require complicated yet emotional choices. The poem is constructed to reflect on a personal matter that women face on a daily basis and to explore what the aftermath of having an abortion is possibly
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
The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Throughout the history of our nation African Americans have had the injustice of having to undergo cruel and harsh treatment. Author and poet Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks advocates the awareness of these cruel happenings through her many literary works. Through these works Brooks describes the racial prejudice blacks were forced to endure. She also illustrates the struggle they faced in daily life and elaborates on the societal growth that African Americans have had as
Gwendolyn Brooks actually has a very interesting story. She was born in June of 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up at a time where racism and segregation were prominent, and she definitely had racial barriers to overcome in order for her to become a distinguished writer. When she was young, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois where she grew up. Throughout her high school career, she experienced pretty much every kind of school that existed back then in regards to race. She attended an all-white