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=Life For My Child Is Simple =

__**What's it about?**__
“Life For My Child Is Simple” is a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks that is focused on the point in time when she was raising her son, Henry. Brooks’ main objective of this poem was to send an uplifting message to her audience. This message is simply that no matter what the outcome of an action may be, you should never be afraid to reach for something. As an example, line 15 of the poem reads, “Not that success, for him, is sure, infallible/ but never has he been afraid to reach”. Success, as she states, is not guaranteed, but because her son is not afraid to strive for his goals, he will succeed. The next two lines, 17 and 18, follow up by stating, “His lesions are legion/ but reaching is his rule”. Line 17 is a more in-depth way of saying “His injuries are many”. These two lines support her overall message because her son is going to have a lot of troubles/injuries throughout his life, but as long as he keeps reaching, he’ll achieve his goals. This poem’s message is not only meaningful, but also very obvious so that anyone who reads the poem and fully understands it will know the message and possibly take it as advice.

__**What's the title purpose?**__
The title for this piece of literature is "Life For My Child Is Simple". This title, in conjunction with the poem, is used to tell that the writer is trying to make life for her son as easy as possible instead of making it more difficult. She makes the point that if her son simply has a dream and is willing to strive for it, then he will succeed and if he doesn't then he will get praised highly for it.

__**What is form and how does it help?**__
Form is strange and confusing in poetry. It can hold rhyme and rhythm and equal stanzas or none of either. "Life For My Child Is Simple" shows a blank verse, a poem with rhythmic pulse but no rhyme scheme. Equal stanzas have no place in this poem For they would disrupt the natural pulse That the author tried to achieve. By splitting up the poem into unequal stanzas, Brooks is able to add depth and emphasize certain lines or actions within the poem.

__**Other Elements?**__
Imagery is not a very well portrayed element in this poem. The only sense that is appealed to is the sense of sight. Throughout the poem, the author retells actions that her son has done. She then retells the actions in a different way to make the actions stand out more. By making these actions stand out, the author is able to set up her audience for the message that she is trying to send to them.

__**A Song To Relate With**__
This poem has a message that will be powerful standing alone, but will really make an impact if joined with another form of media. This song is able to portray what this child could possibly go through as he reaches for his overall goal. "Introduction" is an original composition written by the creator of this wikispace page. It's short time length and many different moods depict a child going through stages onto adulthood. The very simplistic yet melodic intro signifies the child in his younger years. In these times everything is simple, the child can simply relax and enjoy playing around. Out of nowhere, the song explodes with sound and fast phrases to depict the teen years for the child. The teen years are the hardest and fastest time for the child because of how many different kinds of pressure are being put upon him. As the song progresses, the mood changes again but this time a more relaxed and off-beat rhythm. The off-beat rhythm becomes the background as other instruments add in even more syncopated rhythms that almost through the whole song off it's rhythmic balance. This unusual build-up is used to signify the course of actions taken by the child throughout his post-teen years. As some people go through this part in their life, they encounter very strange things that eventually shape who they are and how they act. If this person has a goal that they are reaching for, such as young Henry in the poem, then all of these events are building up to when he reaches his final goal. The climax of the song has been reached. A dramatic explosion of sound is used to show everything that this child has strived for. All of his hard work has finally paid off and he is able to enjoy his life for however long it lasts. The song winds down with the same off-beat rhythm as before that simply just fades away as quick as it came. This outro is able to show that the child will simply continue his life and die off as if he was never even there.

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