while in the city to the harbor.Lines one through six focus on the images urban
Chicago. A very vivid description of the inner city provides strong pictures: "Huddled
and ugly walls" evoke an image of confinement where worn out, hungry women stand in
doorways. These images certainly create images of darkness, ugliness, and
hopelessness.
The speaker steps out of the oppressive city in line
six and looks out onto the harbor of Lake Michigan. The description is now one of
beauty, freedom, and hope. Everything seems fresh in lines 7-13: The lake is a "blue
burst", waves "break" under sun, gulls "flutter", there are "white
underbellies...veering and wheeling free in the open." The fresh, clean images all
evoke hope.
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