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The mother who is delivering the poem to her young son has been described as an "allegorical persona", [7] who could represent numerous African-American mothers urging their children forward. [8]: 106 The professor R. Baxter Miller considers "Mother to Son" to illustrate "how dialect can be used with dignity."
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Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
Birpurush" (Bengali: বীরপুরুষ, IPA: [biːrpuruʃ], English:The Hero) is a Bengali poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. The poem depicts a child fantasising that he saves his mother from dacoits. [1] [2] In the evening, when the sun is set, the child and his mother reach a barren place. There is not a single soul there.
The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors. Then, an old man happily remembers when he enjoyed playing with his friends during his own childhood. The last stanza depicts the little ones being weary when the sun has descended and going to their mother to rest after playing many games.
Barbie Doll (poem) The Barefoot Boy; Baseball's Sad Lexicon; Beau (poem) Because I could not stop for Death; Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter; Beyond the Alps; Birches (poem) A Bird came down the Walk; The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws; Bivouac of the Dead; Black Cross (Hezekiah Jones) Black Perl; Blue Hills of Massachusetts; Brahma ...
The main focus of this poem is the love of parents for their children, but this kind of love can be easily misunderstood by the latter, as it isn't about being kind and saying lovely words but instead are all the sacrifices that parents do; for instance, as it is implied in the poem, keeping the house warm and polishing the "good shoes".
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by American writer Langston Hughes. Hughes wrote the poem when he was 17 years old and was crossing the Mississippi River on the way to visit his father in Mexico. The poem was first published the following year in The Crisis magazine, in June 1921, starting Hughes's literary career. "The Negro Speaks of ...