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In addition, Brooks says "Apparently died Alone", illustrating the depressing death of the boy.
In the second stanza Brooks capitilizes the Policeman putting The Boy at the same level of importance of the Policeman. Brooks proceeds to say "Shots I hear and Shots I hear. I never see the Dead." The speaker implies that they constantly hear gunshots meaning this is a "bad", neighborhood. This also shows the speakers' indifference to all the gunshots she hears because it is so common.
boy as well as how much the speaker cares about the mistake they have made.
In this stanza The author applies the device of past tense in the quote "A Boy was dying in your alley. A Boy is dead, and in your alley." Brooks presents the significance of how thw boy was once alive and how there could have been a chance to save him. Additionally, how the quote stresses that it's 'your alley' making it personal and different that other things that happen in the neighborhood.
In the 6th stanza the speaker says "I have closed my heart-ears." The speaker has become numb to the "volley", of gunshots heard. The speaker realises they have contributed into killing the boy.
The 8th stanza paints a dramatic and tragic scene of the booy lying in the alley way callling out for anyone while he died alone. The author also illustrates a moment, lasting memory imprinted in the speaker's brain, for example, "The cry climbed up the alley...for a long stretch-strain of Moment." Brooks also capitilizes the word moment putting pressure on the importance of the moment.
The final stanza is brief, but powerful. "The red floor of my alley is a special speech to me." The speaker now fully realizes the grave mistake they have made and the blood in the alley is a reminder to never be indifferent to an incident like this again.