Final Analysis

Veronica and I partnered up for this sonnet writing assignment and as we sat down to create a topic for our sonnet; we came up with many different ideas; for example, the beach, friends, music, sports, school. All of these seemed really over used to us, so we continued to think of a more original topic. I looked outside for a simple, but unique idea, and I saw the beautiful blue sky. I then said, "What about the sky?" We wrote it down and stared at the paper for a little while.
We decided the previous topics, which came to mind, were most likely already going to be written about by some other group, so we agreed on the sky as our topic. However, even though we had a topic to write about, we wanted to show some symbolism as well as some relation to our lives. We thought about a connection long and hard and came up with something quite unique.
Before blacks had equal rights in America, life was hell. America was not America. Racism was one of the biggest issues in the country, and there was only one person who brought the courage up to actually do something about it. His name was Martin Luther King Junior. This brave man, being black, was raised with no rights whatsoever. He was always looked down upon even though he may have been smarter, faster, or nicer than some of the other white kids. He became an adult and found he was still being looked down upon, and he was just sick of it. He wanted equality, he wanted to be known, and most importantly he wanted to be free. Being black in that time period was probably one of the hardest things to live through. Some did not live, and Dr. King decided to finally change that. He gave "the speech" that day which changed America forever. If it were not for him, this country would not be as successful as it has been.
That is just what we were randomly thinking about; we thought about how amazing it was for a discouraged black man to bring America out of racism. We related this to the sunrise. Nighttime is a dark, scary time; just like how life was back when there was no equality between races. However, in the morning, the sun comes up and lightens the earth, just like how Dr. King's speech brought America out of the dark and into freedom.
The connection between the sunrise and Dr. King's speech was made and we immediately began writing. Everything just came to us.
This sonnet begins during the night in a dark place, relating back to the time before Martin Luther King's speech took place; a time when life was hard, and all blacks were forced to live in shadows. In the middle of the sonnet, the sun begins to rise, which symbolizes Dr. King's speech itself; there was a little light that gave the black people a little hope. Towards the end, the sun is up, people can see the light, and Dr. King had changed the world.
As stated in our sonnet, nothing is more beautiful than the wondrous sky, the blue beauty no one can quite figure out. Dr. King made that light visible for all to see when he convinced America that its' old way of life was not right.

Sunrise by Tori & Veronica

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.

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