I'll Stay by Gwendolyn Brooks

Summary: I'll Stay by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem about one's ability to stay confident in one's self

Characters:

Speaker - "I'll stay" is the theme that covers the poem and is projected by the speaker

Section 1:

The speaker talks about the plates staying on the edge as if proud that they are doing so
The speaker talks about the confidence about staying with what one "believes" will happen
The speaker talks about the possitive input that the speaker's mother told her about being the "sun", the "light"
The speaker tells the audience that the mother of the speaker tells her to be "Efficient"
The speaker repeats the words "I'll stay" over and over

Other Notes:

Gwedolyn Brooks was the first Pulitzer Prize winner to be of African-American descent.