Internal Rhyme. Internal rhyme is the use of rhyming words within lines. As you read, find an example of internal rhyme in stanzas 3 and 4.
Parallelism. Parallelism is a rhetorical technique in which a writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form, as in Abraham Lincoln’s reference in The Gettysburg Address to “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
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The Civil Rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s made enormous strides toward achieving equality of rights for African Americans in the United States. An important part of that movement was the call by activists such as Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Malcolm X, and others for Black Pride—pride in the traditions, history, and culture of the African-American people. Gwendolyn Brooks was an important voice for Black Pride, and especially for pride among African-American women, reminding the world of her sisters’ struggles, triumphs, and potential in poems such as “To Black Women.”
As you read, make a chart. On the left, write examples of parallelism in the poem. On the right, write what ideas the parallelism underlines. One example has been done for you.
When have you felt unrecognized for some talent or quality that you have?
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