“The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks opened up with a dramatic point of view. The poem is focused on the subject of abortion which is a topic that sparks emotional and can be described as controversial. How does a woman really feel about choosing to end a pregnancy? The expression from the beginning of the poems rhyme scheme was organized towards its content. Some women may choose not to disclose or express how they really feel about experiencing or the subject of abortion. This poem “The Mother “is
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Gwendolyn Brooks was a highly regarded‚ much-honored poet‚ with the distinction of being the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress--the first black woman to hold that position--and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Many of Brooks’s works display a political consciousness‚ especially those from the 1960s and later‚ with several of her poems reflecting the civil rights activism of that period. Her body of work gave her‚ according
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Stephen Crane and Gwendolyn Brooks “Do Not Weep Maiden for War Is Kind” a poem by Stephen Crane is written in a way that reveals how war is an atrocious creature through verbal irony. In “The Sonnet-Ballad” by Gwendolyn brooks‚ she portrays death as a flirtatious lady. Both of these authors do an extraordinary job in using imagery and irony to sketch their thoughts about death and war. Through the use of imagery Brooks characterizes the coquettish death and how her loved one was fooled into betraying
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more to the story than what meets the eye! The sonnet “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio is a riveting piece of poetry that uses symbolization to help guide the readers to understand the emotions and feelings the woman has towards her partner. Visual and tactile imagery used within this poem helps readers interpret the meaning of the poem. The theme is longevity and the true meaning of a relationship. In Addonizio “First Poem for You‚” Addonizio utilizes literary elements to develop the story
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Is the poem “the mother” written by Gwendolyn Brooks an anti-abortion poem or about a mother’s guilt? It is all in how the reader chooses to interpret it. The Poem is about a mother that has performed one or more abortions. The poem describes how a mother will never forget he unborn children. "The Mother" shows great emotion and the speaker’s grief and gloomy attitude. Gwendolyn Brooks illustrates how the speaker feels imprisoned by her decision through images and guilt. It is like she is speaking
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| Review of:Why You Do The Things You Do Clinton‚ Dr. Tim & Sibcy‚ Dr. Gary. (2006). Why You Do the Things You Do: The Secret of Healthy Relationships. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. Summary Relationships are in our everyday life all around us‚ but the most intimate relationships we have include God‚ our parents‚ our children and our spouse. God implanted the desire for intimacy or relationship within us when He created Adam and Eve. God hardwired the desire for relationship in us because
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Fix “This Memory Card Cannot Be Used” Error Description For various reasons‚ some more common than other‚ memory cards stop working or at least give the impression of failure. One of the errors that we will discuss about in this article is “This Memory Card Cannot Be Used”. We will go through recovery options depending on each scenario and if nothing works we can always use Professional Data Recovery Software. Overview of this error “This Memory Card Cannot Be Used” in Nikon Whenever you grab your
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The nice thing about poetry is that it can mean whatever you want it to mean and that meaning can fit with anything that is going on in your day to day life. The poet that I have chosen is Rickey Laurentiis‚ he is twenty-seven years old and was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. After looking through his poems the one that stood out to me the most was “You Are Not Christ”‚ not because of the name but because of the meaning. The poem goes…”For the drowning‚ yes‚ there is always panic.Or peace. Your
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Redactive Poem The redactive poem I wrote about‚ is inspired by a page in the wonderful novel “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. The main theme of it is that sometimes things or situations are not what they seem to appear. During the time of the war many presious artifacts‚ such as jewles‚ were stolen or loss forever. In this particular case‚ Marie and her father are constantly on the look out for a presious dimond called The Sea of Flames. The jewle was one of antique and elegance
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This photo was taken while I was on a dog sledding trip in the forests of North Bay. The dog in the photo Moose‚ paid no attention to me. This was very challenging‚ because my original idea for the photo was a close up of him so I could remember his cute face. As soon as I took the photo‚ I immediately thought of Alice and Rose’s troubled relationship. Rose is usually the one trying to reach out and connect with her mother‚ but unfortunately her mother doesn’t reciprocate. The in-between space from
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