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Gwendolyn Brooks
To Be In Love
 To be in love
Is to touch things with a lighter hand.
In yourself you stretch, you are well.
You look at things
Through his eyes.
A cardinal is red.
A sky is blue.
Suddenly you know he knows too.
He is not there but
You know you are tasting together
The winter, or light spring weather.
His hand to take your hand is overmuch.
Too much to bear.
You cannot look in his eyes
Because your pulse must not say
What must not be said.
 When he
Shuts a door—
Is not there—
Your arms are water.
And you are free
With a ghastly freedom.
You are the beautiful half
Of a golden hurt.
You remember and covet his mouth,
To touch, to whisper on.
Oh when to declare
Is certain Death!
Oh when to apprize,
Is to mesmerize,
To see fall down, the Column of Gold,
Into the commonest ash.
Vocabulary
 Cardinal: Bright red bird
 Apprize: tell, inform
 Mesmerize: hypnotize
 Ghastly: Frightening
 Declare: announce
 Covet: yearn for, long for, want, desire
What is the poem about?
 The poem is about the joy and the sadness love
brings.
 As well as what seems to be the inevitable end of
all relationships.
 The reason that the poem is worth reading is that it
uses simple words and concepts to express the
excitement of falling in love and the despair that
one experiences when that love is taken away.
 DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL
OF LOVE?
If the poem was a story how would it go?
 Boy meets girl…
Answer the following questions in your
books
 According to the poet, what happens when you fall in love?
 “You are free / With a ghastly freedom”. Why is the freedom
ghastly?
 “To see fall down, the Column of Gold,/ Into the commonest
ash.”
What figure of speech is used? Explain the meaning of it.
 “In yourself you stretch, you are well.”
Explain the meaning of this metaphor?
 “Oh when to declare/ Is certain Death!”. Why does the narrator
feel this way?

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To be in love - Gwendolyn Brooks

  • 2.  To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. You look at things Through his eyes. A cardinal is red. A sky is blue. Suddenly you know he knows too. He is not there but You know you are tasting together The winter, or light spring weather. His hand to take your hand is overmuch. Too much to bear. You cannot look in his eyes Because your pulse must not say What must not be said.
  • 3.  When he Shuts a door— Is not there— Your arms are water. And you are free With a ghastly freedom. You are the beautiful half Of a golden hurt. You remember and covet his mouth, To touch, to whisper on. Oh when to declare Is certain Death! Oh when to apprize, Is to mesmerize, To see fall down, the Column of Gold, Into the commonest ash.
  • 4. Vocabulary  Cardinal: Bright red bird  Apprize: tell, inform  Mesmerize: hypnotize  Ghastly: Frightening  Declare: announce  Covet: yearn for, long for, want, desire
  • 5. What is the poem about?  The poem is about the joy and the sadness love brings.  As well as what seems to be the inevitable end of all relationships.  The reason that the poem is worth reading is that it uses simple words and concepts to express the excitement of falling in love and the despair that one experiences when that love is taken away.  DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF LOVE?
  • 6. If the poem was a story how would it go?  Boy meets girl…
  • 7. Answer the following questions in your books  According to the poet, what happens when you fall in love?  “You are free / With a ghastly freedom”. Why is the freedom ghastly?  “To see fall down, the Column of Gold,/ Into the commonest ash.” What figure of speech is used? Explain the meaning of it.  “In yourself you stretch, you are well.” Explain the meaning of this metaphor?  “Oh when to declare/ Is certain Death!”. Why does the narrator feel this way?