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HUNCHBACK GIRL: SHE THINKS OF HEAVEN by GWENDOLYN BROOKS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MY FATHER, IT IS SURELY A BLUE PLACE
Last Line: PROPER MYSELF, PRINCESS OF PROPERNESS.
Subject(s): PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; HANDICAPPED; HANDICAPS; PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED; CRIPPLES;

My Father, it is surely a blue place,
And Straight. Right. Regular. Where I shall find
No need for scholarly nonchalance or looks
A little to the left or guards upon the
Heart to halt love that runs without crookedness
Along its crooked corridors. My Father,
It is a planned place surely. Out of coils,
Unscrewed, released, no more to be marvelous,
I shall walk straightly through most proper halls
Proper myself, princess of properness.



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