The Poem Analysis Of The Supremes By Cornelius Eady

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The Supremes poem analysis The poem "the Supremes" is written by Cornelius eady. This poem is a very interesting poem that talks about his times through life. Each stanza will have its own particular meaning leading up to one main important idea. The main idea of this poem is stating that the stages in his life change upon the maturity level in a final notice that everyone is born for a specific reason and no one is the same. Line one says "we were born to be gray." I infer here that all people born to be alike to fit in and blend in. i came to this conclusion when the word gray was introduced, gray is a middle color were not color stands out more than the other all equal. Line one through three says "...we went to school sat in rows, ate white …show more content…

i come to this conclusion because an athletic shower is a bunch of showers on the wall and all you see is buts and we had people play around and pop each other, probably the reason I never took a shower in the locker room. Line nineteen "froze out shy girls on the dance floor". Froze out means pointed out in these circumstances. They pointed out the girls on the dance floor who looked as if they didn’t belong, too stiff to dance or even looked nervous, the shy ones. Line twenty "pin pointed flaws like radar", this means thy observed the girls. They found every flaw they could with the person. i remember when I was younger and my friends would point out a girl and id be nervous so I would find a million things that was wrong with her. Line twenty one is saying they now understand that this was to be the world. This is meaning they will soon be a part of the everyday life of a grown up. I say this because the older you get the more you realize what is going on around you, your maturing. This stanza is about the fun times they had and the memories that they made that will stick with them even through old

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