Allegory In Gwendolyn Bennet's To A Dark Girl
My first poem I choose was by Gwendolyn Bennet, “To A Dark Girl”. I choose this poem because I came across this poem before this class and found it touching.
My first poetic element I see in this poem would be Allegory, my reason for this is because, Bennett gives a message in this poem without really saying it, you kind of have to read it over again and think.
“Something of old forgotten queens (line 5).
What I got from this is that Bennett is saying that back in time, black people were fine and great living like it was royalty. Today, blacks really have no complete power, they are still considered at the bottom.
“And something of the shackled slave.” (line 7)
The whole entire poem Bennett writes is trying to tell you that you should live your life with joy and happiness. No matter the difference on “Blacks “is treated stay true to yourself and be positive. …show more content…
I know this because of the repetitive use of the letter “S”.
I believe that “Bennett” uses these two elements because she wants to show her readers that in this poem it is more than just a poem. It’s a message of how she sees a pretty black girl, and see’s what she went through as a slave, and that the girl needs to not be damaged and find destiny within.
Next poem I thought was very strong and had poetic elements was, “Lady Lady” by Anne Spencer. Reading this I saw Symbol and rhyme. Symbol is used because on (lines 5-6)
“Lady, Lady, I saw your hands,
Twisted, awry, like crumpled roots
Its saying “her hands are twisted like crumpled roots" by the work she does for white people, symbolizing how hurt her hands actually are and how they will never be what they once were.
Rhyme is also shown in this poem,
“Wrinkled and drawn from your rub- a- dub.”
My first poetic element I see in this poem would be Allegory, my reason for this is because, Bennett gives a message in this poem without really saying it, you kind of have to read it over again and think.
“Something of old forgotten queens (line 5).
What I got from this is that Bennett is saying that back in time, black people were fine and great living like it was royalty. Today, blacks really have no complete power, they are still considered at the bottom.
“And something of the shackled slave.” (line 7)
The whole entire poem Bennett writes is trying to tell you that you should live your life with joy and happiness. No matter the difference on “Blacks “is treated stay true to yourself and be positive. …show more content…
I know this because of the repetitive use of the letter “S”.
I believe that “Bennett” uses these two elements because she wants to show her readers that in this poem it is more than just a poem. It’s a message of how she sees a pretty black girl, and see’s what she went through as a slave, and that the girl needs to not be damaged and find destiny within.
Next poem I thought was very strong and had poetic elements was, “Lady Lady” by Anne Spencer. Reading this I saw Symbol and rhyme. Symbol is used because on (lines 5-6)
“Lady, Lady, I saw your hands,
Twisted, awry, like crumpled roots
Its saying “her hands are twisted like crumpled roots" by the work she does for white people, symbolizing how hurt her hands actually are and how they will never be what they once were.
Rhyme is also shown in this poem,
“Wrinkled and drawn from your rub- a- dub.”