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    The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks There are a good number of issues in the world that stand unsolved. The debates on some of them are on for ever and ever but a feasible solution has never risen in the horizon. The most prominent among these perennial issues is abortion. It is a topic that has been subjected to serious debate across all the parts of the world. However‚ so far we have arrived at a convincing answer to believe abortion to be secure and justified or as a heinous crime of the humanity

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    considered a “mother” if you aborted your only child? Suppose you have multiple children but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts

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    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 and grief. The poem is entitled “The Mother”‚ which connotes

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    “The MotherGwendolyn 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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    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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    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 enters a state of remorse. She ponders

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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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    BrooksGwendolyn (Elizabeth) BrooksGwendolyn (Elizabeth) From "Encyclopedia of African-American Writing" Poet—this one word describes every cell of Gwendolyn Brooks ’s being. It was always poetry—from her Chicago childhood to her 1950 Pulitzer Prize to her awakening social consciousness to her Illinois Poet Laureate status and through all the other honors and awards. It was always poetry—and few writers besides Brooks can speak volumes with so few words. Gwendolyn Brooks‚ Pulitzer Prize

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    Cool” is a poem wrote by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1966‚ which is one of the popular poem she did. She’s an African American born in Topeka‚ Kansas and raised in Chicago. She is the author of numerous poetry‚ including “Blacks” (1981)‚ Annie Allen (1949)‚ for which she received the Pulitzer Prize‚ and the “Children Coming Home” (The David Co.‚ 1991). She also wrote several other books such as‚ “Negro Hero” (1945)‚ “Maud Martha” (1953)‚ “In the Mecca” (1968) and many more. Brooks was named Poet Laureate

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    Name: Institution: Course: Date: “The Mother‚” by Gwendolyn Brooks The poem talks about a mother’s regret for the aborted children‚ she failed to bring into this earth and by extension give life. The poem is a lamentation of the dreams that failed to materialize because of a single decision. In the first line‚ the reader finds evidence of this in the warning about abortion not letting the guilty individual forget. The poet gives a vivid description of what an aborted child looks like‚ describing

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