Gwendolyn Brooks and Literary Devices
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An American poet who had many thoughts of changing society that was, Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, then graduated from Wilson Junior College, Illinois, in 1936. After that she continued her life as an inspirational poet, trying to point out things in life and she did. What made other people like Brooks writing was the way she used everyday (in her time) topics and pointed out the wrongness about it through the use of literary devices. When Brooks sits down to writer her elaborate pieces, Brooks writes in complex ways with the use of many literary devices such as Alliteration, Internal & External rhymes, last but not least Organic Form.
The first literary device Brooks used to indulge the sound of a poem was Alliteration. One can see the best example of Alliteration is in "To The Young Who Want To Die." Alliteration is the repetition of the initial letter (generally a consonant) or first sound of several words. As for why she uses Alliteration, well, Brooks uses this literary device to make the words have more of a smoothness, easier flow of words so meanings can be realized sooner, a sort of emphasis device, and to just enhance the complexity of a poem...