Analysis Of Gwendolyn Brooks Poem Eventide

Gwendolyn Brooks’ first poem “Eventide” was first published in her local newspaper when she was just 13 years of age. She was being published regularly by the age of 17 in the Chicago Defender, a newspaper that was specifically dedicated to the African American population in Chicago. She carried on writing poetry and even a novel until her death in December of 2000. In an interview with Brooks by Paul M. Angle, an Illinois Historian she was asked how she became a writer; she explained that she loved to read for as long as she could remember and that she thought it would be a wonderful experience to be able to create something so powerful. She stated that she began rhyming words at the age of seven and with the support of her parents they helped