Sunrise Sonnet y Analysis

The darkest shadows are cast upon me
Leaving me lost and scared in search for light.
Stuck in the dark alone I cannot see
The struggle these hurt people have to fight

Looking down upon this broken up place
Some are desperately trying to save,
One brave soul sees life isn’t about race
He says no one deserves to be a slave

His words brought them out of darkness to light
Taking away all inequality
Fresh generations now have a clear sight
A sight that pushes aside polity

The sky, which had once been a blackened mess
Is now a blue beauty and nothing less.





Analysis
With my sonnet, my partner and I wanted to set up a scene for the readers to picture and imagine, but within the words have a deeper meaning, for them to think about and compare. We chose the event of a sunrise, and wanted to compare that to a part of American history that much like a rising sun, went from a very dark gloomy place with indecency to a common happier ground.
The first stanza opened with a dark and sad thought, which would be the character in the night sky, which represent racism. "The darkest shadows are cast upon me, leaving me lost and scared in search for light". In this case the dark shadows would represent racism, and the fact that it is surrounding and very hard to escape. The next line mentions that this character was very lost, she couldn’t feel like she belonged anywhere in a world filled with prejudice and judgment, and the "light" she was in search for was the equality she couldn’t seem to find, especially on her own. "The struggle these hurt people have to fight" ties in all African American people that had to fight to survive in this time of grief, and was made for the reader to feel sympathy and realize how big the problem was at this time.
The next major part describes what the person might see from the sky view of "racism", and lead to bit of a solution. "Looking down upon this broken up place," describes America and all the different segregations, instead of seeing one whole country there were different parts with different standards and laws that weren’t right. "Some are desperately trying to save", this refers to white people at the time that were against it, black people holding protests, and laws offering benefits to blend the two colors together.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a huge positive figure for black people during the time of segregation, and his speeches touched people's hearts and eventually changed the world. That is why we choice to make him the turning point or "rising sun" in our sonnet. "His words brought them out of darkness to light". This line specifically refers to the "I had a dream" speech, which touched the world and really gave hope to struggling people suffering from segregation. This dark racism had turned into more of an equal place or "light" and had a more hopeful future.
Finally, from all the fighting and segregation America would learn to love its differences and teach its future generations equality and things that made life better for everyone. "Fresh generations now have a clear site". "A sight that pushes aside polity", my generation has had the great advantage to be able to look back on all the bad things our country has did in the time of segregation, and learn from them in an environment were differences are accepted. We are no longer under the control of laws that make one race have more of an advantage then the other; we are honestly equal and appreciative of that.
"The sky, which had once been a blackened mess, is now a blue beauty and nothing less". These last lines act as a conclusion for the entire sonnet. Segregation had that once had been around and was unfair and honestly deadly, had transformed into this new place with all different socially accepted variables (including skin color), and is still continued today. Overall we wanted readers to relate to the segregation of the past, and really be appreciative for the diverse culture we have today.