Martin Luther King Jr.
by Gwendolyn Brooks
A man went forth with gifts.
He was a prose poem.
He was a tragic grace.
He was a warm music.
He tried to heal the vivid volcanoes.
His ashes are
reading the world.
His Dream still wishes to anoint
the barricades of faith and of control.
His word still burns the center of the sun,
above the thousands and the
hundred thousands.
The word was Justice. It was spoken.
So it shall be spoken.
So it shall be done.
Vocabulary Glossary
Prose – ordinary speech or writing
Tragic – extremely sad
Grace – spirit, blessing
Vivid – bright, sharp to the senses
Anoint – make pure or holy
Barricades – protective barriers
Justice – fairness for all people
317 Blog Questions:
What do you think is the author’s purpose for writing this poem?
How did the poem make you feel? Use the vocabulary glossary to help you.
What metaphor stood out to you and why?
The author's purpose for writing this to inform you that MLKJ was a good man and helped everyone in the world to break segregation.This poem made me feel good and grateful for him.The metaphor that stood out to me was "He tried to heal vivid" because he really tired to make people love each other.
ReplyDeleteThe author purpose is we need rights for other people rights and care for other people what they think,say, and do.the author wants you to understand that Martin Luther King was a freedom fighter he was a another person he was tragic and grace person he want everyone to be safe and know they can make a change in life the poem made me felt like i am strong and i can make other people happy graceful and nice and they can be a fighter i like when the poem said the barricades of faith and of control because MLK wanted everyone to be take care and be safe in a barrier and wanted everyone to be black and white together.he wanted everyone around the world to get together.
ReplyDeletethe poem ment that mlk was a good man and he went super Farr to grant freedom to amaraca
ReplyDeleteI thank the author wrote this poetry for people can know what m.l.k did. this poem made me feel grace. the metaphor that stood out too me is when he said "he tried to heal the vivid volcanoes" because that means he was fighting for justice.
ReplyDeleteI think that poem means that the M.L.K speech is one one of the most warm and powerful speech about segregation. I know this because in the poem,it said "His words still burn in the center of the sun.
ReplyDeletethe metaphor that stood out to me was when the poem said "He tried to heal the vivid volcanoes his ashes are still reading the world" it stood out to me because i think its amazing that even after death his dream still stands. This poem made me sad because martin luther king was such a good person and then he was shot. The authors purpose for writing this poem is to teach people about mlk and segragation.
ReplyDeleteThe authors purpose of writing is this because they wanted people to know that Martin Luther King Jr was a powerful and kind man and he stood up for everyones rights because some people don't know about him and she wants them to understand how important he was to the community. This poem made me feel grateful for the life I'm living today because if it wasn't for him and other cilivil rights activist I wouldn't be able to have all my friends I have today, I wouldn't be able to have most privileges that all the white people would have. The metaphor that really stood out to me was "His dreams still wishes to anoint the barricades of faith & of control."That really stuck out to me because he really wanted us to all be happy and have peace faith and love, instead of being one of those people that stuck through his life and let all these painful things go on to us. He wanted to protect us people and he wanted to barricade other stuff and want dot keep faith and control in this world and that metaphor really showed how he wanted to barricade faith and control and wanted to make things anoint in the world.
ReplyDeleteThis poem about MLK is to tell people how bad segegation was. people heard MLK'S speeches he told them that they could change but no body did.
ReplyDeleteThe author wrote this poem to tell people how MLK changed the world and the law of segregation.the poem made me feel happy and safe of segregation to have freedom.The metaphor, he was a tragic grace stood out too me because it was true and it was a great way to describe MLK.
ReplyDeleteMartin Luther King Jr. By Gwendolyn Brooks 01/09/20
ReplyDeleteThe author’s purpose was she felt inspired by MLK because he changed the world against segregation and injustice. Also, she wanted to publish it because she wanted to share her feelings about him publicly. By reading this poem it’s made me feel inspired as well. It also, made me wonder how he was able to get people to follow his beliefs and ideas through his words. The 4th stanza says, “His word still burns the center of the sun, above the thousands and the hundred thousand.” Because it shows that his words were powerful and still are. And he said those words in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
The authors purpose was to she everyone has equal rights 2 it made me feel a bit tragic and he was the one who tried to give justice 3 he triedto heal vivid volcanos it out to me bacuse it showed how much he cared for the people
ReplyDelete1.The author wrote this poem to remember Martin Luther King as a simple, genuine and brave man.
ReplyDelete2.This poem makes me feel happy, because I am remembering Martin Luther King through vivid metaphors.
3. "His words still burns the center of the sun, above the thousands and the hundred thousands". This stood out to me because his words were so powerful it made people across the country believe in justice for all.
I think the authors purpose was to describe the type of person Martin Luther King was and to share how his speeches and work during the Civil Rights movement helped the world. The poem made me feel like a stronger person because Martin Luther Kin's speeches made me feel like everyone deserved equality and should be treated the same way. The Tragic Grace metaphor stood out to me because even though he did die his words still spread and made peace. It's like those words spoken come to life.
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