Review of My Dreams, My Works, must Wait, Till After Hell
The poem “My Dreams, My Works, must Wait, Till After Hell”
written by Gwendolyn Brooks represents the Modern Afro-American English
Literature. Brooks writes this poem in a country where colour discrimination was
existed. So the poem focuses on the
desire for freedom and the other problems faced by Black Americans. The poet
uses the metaphor of food, drink and taste to react against the restrictions
that have been imposed on her as a writer.
The themes discussed through the poem are,
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The intensity of human desires
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The impact of difficulties or ordeals on human behaviour
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How experiences and maturity change human desires
and expectations
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The human practice of hopefulness
·
The different ways that people react to the
situations of difficulties in human life
The techniques used in the poem are,
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Form of an allegory (each character is presented
as a symbol)
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All the concepts are brought out through images
and symbols and the poem has several levels of understandings
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First person point of view
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Usage of symbols
Bread and honey- symbolised desires
Journey to hell and
devil days- period of difficulty
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Metaphor
Old purity
Devil days
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Form of a sonnet
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Rhyming scheme is written in a free verse style
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Using a gripping title which is uncommon
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Poem is brought out in a figurative manner
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Attractive title
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