Georgia+Douglas+Johnson

**Jason Day **  **Georgia Douglas Johnson (New Georgia Encyclopedia) **
 * Georgia Douglas Johnson **

Georgia Douglas Johnson was born September 10, 1877 in Atlanta Georgia. The year is not completely accurate. She went to Atlanta University Normal College. She graduated in 1896. She also met her husband Henry Lincoln Johnson, while she was there (New Georgia Encyclopedia). She also taught there for 10 years. She had taught herself how to play the violin and after teaching she started studying music at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland College of Music. After studying music she went back to Atlanta University and became an assistant principal. During this time she fell in love with Henry Lincoln Johnson and was married in 1903 (Jean). She fits with the Harlem Renaissance because she tried to fix segregation and bring in African American culture into mainstream society. However, she did not live in Harlem like many other poets and musicians. In fact see lived in Washington D.C., because her husband worked for the government and had to live in the Washington area. Some of her most famous works are //Heart of a Woman, Share my World, Bronze,// and //An Autumn Love Cycle// (Honey). She used self expression to make a change by writing inspiring poetry. She had a special style, a dramatic and yet creative way to portray a message to the reader. Her works often had themes of motherly love, kindness, women’s liberty, and racism, hope and oppression. She used these themes of self expression to make a change. The themes make the reader believe or think about, the problems with prejudice and about women’s rights (Douglas). Your World Your world is as big as you make it I know, for I used to abide In the narrowest nest in a corner My wings pressing close to my side But I sighted the distant horizon Where the sky-line encircled the sea And I throbbed with a burning desire To travel this immensity. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I battered the cordons around me <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">And cradled my wings on the breeze <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Then soared to the uttermost reaches <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">with rapture, with power, with ease! <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">(Jean)

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Analysis <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The analysis of the poem is that it is about life. Where it starts with not trying to do one's best in life. Then it gives a reason to try. Following which it describes the reward in succeeding in life and not giving up. The symbols in the poem are the wings and the horizon. The wings in the poem are the person's abilities. The cords binding the wings are variables that prevent people from succeeding in life. The horizon is like a goal or an ambition that a person wants to achieve. The poem has three separate stages. The beginning is about being bond and not being able to succeed. Then the second stage is about the goal a person wants to make. Then the third part describes the joy and happiness from succeeding.

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Works Ci ted <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">Georgia Douglas : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota." //Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota// . N.p., 9 June 2017. Web. 14 Apr. 2011. < [|http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/johnsonGeorgia.php]>. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">Jean, Valerie. "Georgia Douglas Johnson." //washingtonart home page// . Beltway, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. ` [|http://washingtonart.com/beltway/gdjohnson.html] . <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">Maureen, Honey. "Georgia Douglas Johnson's Life and Career." //Welcome to English « Department of ` English, College of LAS, University of Illinois//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. < [|http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/douglas-johnson/life.htm] >. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">"New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Douglas Johnson (ca. 1877-1966)." //New Georgia Encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. ` Web. 13 Apr. 2011. [|http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-989].