Analysis Of The Rose That Grew From Concrete

The Rose That Grew From Concrete Analysis
In the poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”, the author, Tupac, uses oodles of different devices like personification and symbolism. The theme that was chosen relates to the poem ideally, and goes along with what the story is trying to say. This poem is highly inspirational for the readers to focus and realize their dreams to make them come true. The poem is about reaching our goals in life despite hardships and conflicts that we face on the way.
In the poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” there is lots of personification. Tupac uses personification in the poem when he says “it learned to walk without having feet”. This quote shows personification by the reason of the rose cannot literally learn to walk. Also, the rose does not have feet. In the poem, the author also writes “...but by keeping it’s dreams,”. Roses do not have brains, therefore they cannot dream. Lastly, in this poem, it says that the rose learned to breathe fresh air. “... it learned to

breathe fresh air”. Again, roses cannot literally breathe fresh air.
In the poem, almost everything symbolizes something.

The rose symbolizes Tupac himself. He is proving nature’s law is wrong. Even though he started with nothing in a rough neighborhood and did not give up, he made it through to the top and became famous. “Funny it seems, but by keeping it’s dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air”. This quote says that the rose, Tupac, kept his dreams, so he could achieve anything. The concrete in the poem symbolizes the imperfect neighborhood Tupac grew up in. The rose grew from the concrete just like Tupac fulfilled his dreams of becoming a famous rapper. “Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared”. Since the rose symbolizes Tupac, and the concrete symbolizes his grody neighborhood, the whole poem itself symbolizes Tupac’s life. He is telling his story through this poem. He tells that he is growing up in a rough neighborhood and starts to have a dream of becoming famous, the rose growing from

concrete.
The theme of “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” is, even if you start with nothing, if you don’t give up, you can achieve anything. ‘Even if you start with nothing’ represents Tupac growing up in the imperfect neighborhood, or the seed of the rose in between the concrete. ‘If you don’t give up, you can achieve anything’ represents the author becoming a famous rapper. I feel like this is a exceptional theme for this poem, because it fits and goes with the whole story.
Although people may think that the poem “The Rose that Grew From Concrete” is about a rose breaking nature’s laws, it is actually about a deceased rapper that became famous, but is from a bad neighborhood in Harlem. In the poem Tupac uses symbolism and personification a lot. The theme of the poem is, even if you start with nothing, if you don’t give up, you can achieve anything.