Gwendolyn Brooks: Explication of “A Sunset Of The City” “A Sunset Of The City” is full of visual imagery and rhyming. The poem produces a depressed and sad tone. Throughout the six stanzas, Gwendolyn Brooks switches back and forth between the different characteristics. In my opinion, this poem is about a mother who has raised her children in the same house for years and years. She describes the city, atmosphere and how her children out-grew …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 548 total…into consideration that the bond between her and her children isn’t as strong as it used to be. The mother is filled with grief and confusion. “Consult a dual dilemma. Whether to dry in humming pallor or to leap and die.” It seems like she is left with a choice in life whether to live the rest of it or “die” in the heart of her kids just like their most prized possessions did.