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A song in the front yard analysis by gwendolyn brooks?

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its about a girl who has everything she could ask for, that is represented by the front yard being always orderly, inviting and pretty. however she is not happy with her life, she says "a girl gets sick of a rose". she is bored and she wants to discover the life in the back yard, which is rough and not as orderly or as inviting as the front yard. by back yard, poet means the life of black, charity children who do not have families to look after them. but the girl sees this as an advantage, she thinks that they are lucky that no one cares when they go to bed, and that they can play anytime they want. basicly Brooks wants to give the message that life is not always more fun on the other side across with her successful use of symbols and situational irony.
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its about a girl who has everything she could ask for, that is represented by the front yard being always orderly, inviting and pretty. however she is not happy with her life, she says "a girl gets sick of a rose". she is bored and she wants to discover the life in the back yard, which is rough and not as orderly or as inviting as the front yard. by back yard, poet means the life of black, charity children who do not have families to look after them. but the girl sees this as an advantage, she thinks that they are lucky that no one cares when they go to bed, and that they can play anytime they want. basicly Brooks wants to give the message that life is not always more fun on the other side across with her successful use of symbols and situational irony.
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This poem is about a "girl" who wants to do her own thing and follow her own rules. "Where it's rough and untended and hugry weed grows. A girl get sick of a rose" The girl wants to experience the other side of life and be adventurous.
It is also the voice of a "woman" remembering how her mother kept her from the back yard. Now, the woman wishes she could take a "peek" at that back yard life. There comes a time when we all wonder what we might have missed. . .
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