Essays Tagged: "Bean Eaters"
Gwendolyn Brooks
ech, only words that will strengthen, and richness of sound to create effective poetry.The poem The Bean Eaters (see the included poems) is a fine example of all three of these key elements. First and ... ese key elements. First and foremost is the use of ordinary speech. For instance the lines They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair / Dinner is a casual affair. Each of these words are easily under ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The Good Old Days! To help bring out the message
ch as imagery, diction, and style help in getting the message across on Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "The Bean Eaters." The poem "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks is a very straight forward poem in term ... e as an "old yellow pair." The poem goes on by saying that the elderly couple eats dinner, which is beans on this particular day, as "a casual affair." In the poem, the couple doesn't seem to have ver ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry