Thus the poet’s success is against the common belief or their logical predictions. It is against the expectations of the ghetto to rise above poverty. Similarly, a person living in the ghetto or slum area cannot grow up because the community around does not allow him to do so. However, it has proven that law wrong because of its struggle. it needs soil, air, sunlight, moisture, etc for existence. Nature’s law here means the way rose should have existed i.e. The rose has proven nature’s law is wrong. Thus the growing up from the crack in the concrete was quite difficult for the rose and symbolically growing up from the ghettos was quite difficult for the poet and would be difficult for others as well. The crack could be the opportunity that is available to all of the people but for some, it is easy to grasp while for others it is quite difficult. Crimes, scarcity, diseases, violence and other bad things are quite common in such an area. In the poem, concrete symbolizes “ Ghetto” or probably the slum area which is occupied by the poor section of people. It cannot be broken down easily and one can easily hurt himself if he tries to break it.

In the first line, the poet raises a rhetorical question, “ Did you hear about the rose” drawing the reader’s attention towards a rose plant that grew from a crack in the concrete. Concrete is used in buildings and is quite hard. The poet uses a number of literary devices in the poem. The poem is quite short consisting of the single stanza that has eight lines. hard enough to become a hindrance in the way to success. In the poem, the poet urges the readers and audience to rise above the ghettos which are like concrete i.e. However, the poem also represents his own journey from a poor ghetto to a successful life.

The rose that grew from concrete poem