Georgia Douglas Johnson: Poem And Analysis
"The Heart of a Woman"
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn,
As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on,
Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam
In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home.
The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars
While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.
"The Heart Of A Woman" Analysis
The title says it all this is a fantasy, a dream. Maybe it means don’t ever stop dreaming or don’t give up. The first stanza is describing the birth of the dream and how it will grows with inspiration. The poem is a reflection of when Bennett had given up her dream of writing at one point in her life. It might also mean that dreams are important because it can be an escape from the reality of the outside world. The second stanza is when the tone shifts from innocent, hopeful and happy, to dark and restrictive. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABB for both of the stanzas.