For Our Grandmothers
The poem “For Our Grandmothers” by Nickole Brown, explains how Brown's grandmother shows her affection towards her granddaughter like most grandmothers. She makes us realize how our grandmothers are always there for us and how they help us grow. Grandmothers show their love in many different ways that we may not realize. Grandmothers have a way of easing our lives to put less pressure on ourselves and also making their children's lives easier for their children. She describes poetically all the loving things they do for us. One literary device used in this poem is alliteration. Alliteration is when a sound of a word is repeated. In the poem “For Our Grandmothers” by Nickole Brown, she says, “who counted, counted, and recounted”(2). Alliteration
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I pay more attention to this technique because I hear it a couple of times which makes it more effective. The use of enjambment in this poem keeps you concentrated because the sentences just flow naturally. This makes me want to keep reading more and see what the next line is going to be about. Sometimes when i read poems i zone out but Brown's usage of enjambment keeps you lured in. I can relate to this poem in a few ways because she talked about something that everyone's grandmother does in one way or another. One way it related to me is when she talked about her grandmother cooling the hot coffee. My grandmother does that for me when I am in a rush, she cools the coffee so I can drink it faster without wasting time for it too cool down. Brown also mentions her grandmother hiding her light bill money and that made me remember my grandmother. My grandmother stored her money in a closet and whenever I needed money for lunch as a kid she would always provide me with it. This poem is very powerful because it made me think of all the things my grandmother does from me. Brown showed in this poem all the things her grandmother did for her which expressed the love the grandmother had for her granddaughter. It makes you realize how much your grandmother loves you and their forms of showing
I pay more attention to this technique because I hear it a couple of times which makes it more effective. The use of enjambment in this poem keeps you concentrated because the sentences just flow naturally. This makes me want to keep reading more and see what the next line is going to be about. Sometimes when i read poems i zone out but Brown's usage of enjambment keeps you lured in. I can relate to this poem in a few ways because she talked about something that everyone's grandmother does in one way or another. One way it related to me is when she talked about her grandmother cooling the hot coffee. My grandmother does that for me when I am in a rush, she cools the coffee so I can drink it faster without wasting time for it too cool down. Brown also mentions her grandmother hiding her light bill money and that made me remember my grandmother. My grandmother stored her money in a closet and whenever I needed money for lunch as a kid she would always provide me with it. This poem is very powerful because it made me think of all the things my grandmother does from me. Brown showed in this poem all the things her grandmother did for her which expressed the love the grandmother had for her granddaughter. It makes you realize how much your grandmother loves you and their forms of showing