Overview
The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (1918) is a collection of poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson. Marking Johnsonās debut as one of the leading poets of the Harlem Renaissance, The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems is an invaluable work of African American literature for scholars and poetry enthusiasts alike. Comprised of Johnsonās earliest works as a poet, the collection showcases her sense of the musicality of language while illuminating the experiences of African American women of the early twentieth century. āThe heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, / As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on.ā Recalling Paul Laurence Dunbarās classic poem āSympathy,ā which immortalizes the African American experience with the line āI know why the caged bird sings,ā the title poem of Johnsonās collection compares the heart to a bird. Musical and dreamlike, Johnsonās poem envisions āthe heart of a womanā as it āenters 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.ā With each repetition of ābreaks,ā the reader can feel the restlessness and fear of the bird as it beats its wings against its cage, the heart as it beats against the āsheltering barsā of the ribs. In this poem, and throughout the collection, Johnson shows an efficiency with language uncommon to many poets, let alone one making her debut. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Georgia Douglas Johnsonās The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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