Gwendolyn Brooks Narcissa Analysis

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 the other girls. The contrast between her and the other girls is positively assured on line thirteen, “How fine to be Narcissa.” This shows how although she plays alone, the narrator portrays her as a happy girl. She is living in her own world of