Question

Question

For the poem that follows, write two or three paragraphs that examine the meaning of the poem and how the elements of sound, structure, and figurative language contribute to the meaning. Identify at least five specific elements of sound, structure, and figurative language.

"The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks

They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.

Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.

And remembering...
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that
is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths,
tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.

Answer 1

Meaning of the poem :

Two old folks sat at the dinner table and eating cheap beans because that is what they could afford. As they sit there and look around the room, noticing the cluster of things that played important roles in the past. They realise how important the things around them were before and how it has shaped them. Regardless is what they have now.

The last stanzas and the indenting of the last two lines represents the remembrance of the past of the couple because that is all they are left with.