“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
People always say there is nothing compared to a mother’s love. In the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks, Brooks talks about a mother dealing with her decision to get abortions multiple times. The subject of abortion will always be a difficult and grim issue to talk about. Brooks uses tone and the way the speaker speaks to get the reader to see all the emotion that goes through a women’s mind after the decision to get an abortion. Brooks in her first lines says, “Abortions will not let you
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
After the analysis of the poems with central symbol of parent – mother and father, this following analysis explores another symbol – the image of child represented by both authors in their poems. Dylan Thomas wrote “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London” in 1945 in his Deaths and Entrances. Thomas is known for operating with the imagery of death in his works. This particular poem deals with the death of a child that have been attacked and killed in London during the World
Giovanni’s poem, “Mothers,” is a complex piece that presents the reader with a brilliant meaning after a deeper analysis of her words. The emotion pulsating throughout Giovanni’s poem makes it evident that the poem correlates with her own experiences, thus making it easier for readers to connect with her work. The poem recounts a memory from the speaker’s childhood and addresses the struggles the speaker’s mother faced. Readers learn of the first time she “consciously saw” her mother and the realization
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
2pm Literary Analysis 14 November 2014 The “Ballad of Birmingham” Do you share a class with someone who is not the same ethnicity as yourself? There is a 99 percent chance that you said yes. About 50 years ago, that was unheard of. Everyone was segregated and civil rights was one of the biggest issues in America. There was extreme violence and racism in this country. Many people lost family members due to the violence of many racist people and groups. One specific poem captures the
Emily Dickinson’s collection of poems in The Norton Anthology of American Literature is quite extensive, making my poem selection choice challenging; my grappling over so many poems led to choosing two that I most enjoyed, but also struck me as profound, moving my emotions. The two poems to be interpreted are poem 465 (page 6 of the packet) and poem 214 (page 10 of the packet). In my explicatory comparison of these two poems, I will compare the poetic strategies of both, but also elucidate how
around 700 A.D.. Unfortunately, the author of this epic poem is unknown, so no one can claim the credits off of this amazing work of literature. The author is thought to be a Christian monk whom was very wise, especially within two religions. These religions are Christianity as well as paganism. Perhaps the combination of these two religions along with a heroic story is what keeps the work alive. After an analysis
He sails to Denmark and defeats Grendel with no armor. After, he wins this battle he is faced with one right after. The next one he is faced with is Grendel’s mother who is seeking revenge after her son’s death. Beowulf defeats Grendel’s mother where Hrothgar is left with no treacherous monsters. This epic is the oldest surviving epic poem in the English language. There has been many critics