Lovers of the Poor Response

Like everybody else I had to read through this poem a few times to finally get the gist. What I got from this poem is that the Ladies Betterment League was made up of a group of sheltered and spoiled women. They wanted to help out their community by going to the slum, but when they got there they were too appalled by what they saw and instead of staying in the slum and doing what they came to do, they chickened out and left. At the end of the poem Brooks writes that the women were careful to not let their coats touch the walls showing their condescending attitude toward the people they were supposed to be helping. The one thing I think we Bonners should take away from this poem is that when we go to our service sites we should never believe that we are better than the people we serve. We should act as their equals because we are their equals. Never should we look at them in disdain as these women did.

Ok guys I tried my best at figuring out this poem so I hope I made some sense! See you all Thursday:)