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    Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity

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    Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7‚ 1917 – December 3‚ 2000) was an African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950( the first African American to do so) and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917‚ in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ the first child of David Anderson Brooks and Keziah Wims. Her mother was a former school teacher who had chosen that field because

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    “The Mother” Gwendolyn Brooks In the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ she touches on the controversial issues abortion; and the pain that every mother must face in case they choose to get their child aborted. The author gives a broad and general dramatic description on how mothers may feel after the whole situation. Throughout the poem the speaker show signs of grief‚ regret and pain. Also the speaker’s bring us to her emotional state of mind and expresses her point of view. “The Mother” can

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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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    Even though reading “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

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    Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917‚ in Topeka Kansas. Her parents‚ who were extremely supportive of their only daughter’s avid passion for literature‚ worked in education and maintenance (poetryfoundation). In her early years‚ Brooks and her family moved to Chicago where she discovered her love for poetry as well as other literary genres. Brooks’ passion quickly developed into a career when she had her first poem‚ “Eventide”‚ published at the mere age of thirteen. Furthering her reputation

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    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

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    According to Alternatively “Being Wealthy in America Earns You 15 Extra Years of Life Span Over the Poor”. (Transition) Gwendolyn Brooks is the author of the poem The Bean Eaters. The author more than often identifies with poor blacks of Chicago‚ even though she was a middle-class African American. In The Bean Eaters Brooks’ dull tone illustrates symbolism of beans‚ stack of items and a rented back room to demonstrate poverty among the couple. Therefore‚ when the author describes the characters eating

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    Her short‚ but meaningful poem presented today is entitled “The Mother”. This piece was a rather daring piece for Brooks to write as she wrote it in the year 1945‚ which I will revisit later on. “The Mother” in short summation is of a mother who was unfortunate to be unable to follow through with her pregnancies. After choosing to abandon more than one pregnancy she

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    In the poem‚ Narcissa‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows the importance of imagination through childhood‚ and how being different can be embraced as a positive quality. The poem is about a young girl who plays by herself as a happy child because she is surrounded by magical worlds within her own creativity. While the poem also alludes to the greek myth of Narcissus‚ it also accepts creativity and the power of imagination. Within the first stanza we are introduced to Narcissa who is presented differently from

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