Figurative Language in Poetry and Song

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1917–2000

Gwendolyn Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, on June 7, 1917, and raised in Chicago. She was the author of more than twenty books of poetry,

In 1968 she was named poet laureate for the state of Illinois. In 1985, she was the first black woman appointed as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, a post now known as Poet Laureate. She received many awards including a Pulitzer Prize. She lived in Chicago until her death on December 3, 2000

What happens to a dream deferred? 

Does it dry up

 like a raisin in the sun?

 Or fester like a sore—

 And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat

Or crust and sugar over—

like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Perfectly imperfect

A pretty ugly zombie lost her head

Then definitely maybe

Sweet sorrow in the end

The beautiful beastly undead girl

Clearly misunderstood, did contend

That she was an evil genius and terribly good

at being an_____________ as all zombies should

Perfectly imperfect

A pretty ugly zombie lost her head

Then definitely maybe

Sweet sorrow in the end

The beautiful beastly undead girl

Clearly misunderstood, did contend

That she was an evil genius and terribly good

at being an_____________ as all zombies should