Part one of term paper
Marking Time Versus Enduring in Gwendolyn Brook's "The Bean Eaters" Gwendolyn Brook's poem "The Beann Eater's runs only eleven lines. It is written in plain language about very plain people. Yet its meaning is ambigous. One critic, George E. Kent, says the old couple who eat beans "have had their day and exit now as time-markers"(141), How ...

Part two of term paper
... back room"(11), Clearly, they are poor. Their existence is accompanied not by freinds or relatives--children or grandchildren aare not mentioned--but by memories and a few possessions(9-11). They are "Mostly Good" (5) , words Brooks capitilizes at the end of a line, perhaps to stress the old people's adherence to traditional values as well as their lack of saintliness. They are unexceptionl, whatever message they have for readers. The isolated routine of the couple's life is something Brooks dra ...