One Day At Sunrise Poem Analysis

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Readers discover the insecurity and troubles Brent is going through at this moment. As a reader one can identify Brent to be bodacious and spunky, a leader instead of a follower, a valiant person. However, as the story later progresses one can see the change in Brent’s nature and personality. The reader sees Brent open his feelings up more and readers see a soft and gentle side to Brent. In these few lines one can see the vulnerability and burdens that Brent is going through, we see that Brent needs validation and approval from his mother to be considered “handsome”. And when Brent notices that his mother isn’t sure that someone will love him, he comes to the conclusion that he will isolate himself for the rest of his life. As a reader, one

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