![]() In the sonnets, Brooks combines the experiences of her observations on her own street with her connection to World War II through her brother and letters from other soldiers (Duncan 36). However, the “soldier sonnets” focus on letters Brooks got from soldiers telling her “what’s going on at the front” (Brooks, Starvos 10). In A Street in Bronzeville, Brooks mainly focuses on things she “saw and heard in the street” (Watkins 51). ![]() The collection of sonnets was published in A Street in Bronzeville, in 1945. The sonnet, “my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell”, by Gwendolyn Brooks, is part of a series of twelve “soldier sonnets”, titled “Gay Chaps at the Bar” (Brooks, Starvos 10). “my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell” by Gwendolyn Brooks
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