Gwendolyn Brooks Speech To The Young Analysis

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"Speech to the young" is a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks which is about telling young people to live in the future and say no to the down-Keepers, sun-slappers, self-soilers, and, the harmony-hushers. She is telling young people to "live in the along" which she is telling them to live in the future and don't mess up. She is telling young people to live in the along because some people live in the past which that's a bad thing. They also need to live and think positive. One line she has i really like is "even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." This poem in line six and seven are telling you that, day is a bad time and night is a good time to change something bad. An example of alliteration in this poem is "it cannot always be

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