Freedom
Many writers’ feel strongly about ‘Freedom’ and how important it is. Compare how they use language to convey what they feel’.
In this essay I’m going to be analysing and explaining three poems that I have chosen from the variety of poems that we studied in the anthology called “The Struggle for Freedom.” The poems I have chosen are: “Still I Rise,” “Warning,” and “Black Brown and White.” I’m going to be comparing the use of language, poetic devices, and the range of techniques the different writers have been using in their poems and to give my opinion on what I think about their poems.
The first poem I’m going to be writing about is “Still I rise.” This is written by Maya Angelou. This text gives a strong message about freedom because Maya Angelou is trying to make a point that the person in this poem feels they can do what they want because slaves should have the freedom and right to do anything as equal as a rich person. She shows this in her poem by using different poetic devices and language, here are some below:
Maya Angelou has created a powerful poem by adding repetition like “you may” or “I rise.” Using repetition gives a good effect to the poem and this shows that she wants us to get those particular phrases in our head and to make it clear on how the person in this poem feels like their emotions and what their trying to say. So even if anyone puts her down she will still rise whatever it take, no one can stop her. She also uses colloquial language like “cause” or “diggin” Maya Angelou uses colloquial language instead of formal language to show how slaves are lower class and t show that slaves don’t have much money to have education so they wouldn’t know how to speak proper English. Her poem also rhymes for every 2 lines like “lies, rise” or “gloom, room.” This is a good effect to the poem because it makes the poem interesting and catchy for people to understand and keep in their heads. She uses 2 rhetorical questions to show how the person in
In this essay I’m going to be analysing and explaining three poems that I have chosen from the variety of poems that we studied in the anthology called “The Struggle for Freedom.” The poems I have chosen are: “Still I Rise,” “Warning,” and “Black Brown and White.” I’m going to be comparing the use of language, poetic devices, and the range of techniques the different writers have been using in their poems and to give my opinion on what I think about their poems.
The first poem I’m going to be writing about is “Still I rise.” This is written by Maya Angelou. This text gives a strong message about freedom because Maya Angelou is trying to make a point that the person in this poem feels they can do what they want because slaves should have the freedom and right to do anything as equal as a rich person. She shows this in her poem by using different poetic devices and language, here are some below:
Maya Angelou has created a powerful poem by adding repetition like “you may” or “I rise.” Using repetition gives a good effect to the poem and this shows that she wants us to get those particular phrases in our head and to make it clear on how the person in this poem feels like their emotions and what their trying to say. So even if anyone puts her down she will still rise whatever it take, no one can stop her. She also uses colloquial language like “cause” or “diggin” Maya Angelou uses colloquial language instead of formal language to show how slaves are lower class and t show that slaves don’t have much money to have education so they wouldn’t know how to speak proper English. Her poem also rhymes for every 2 lines like “lies, rise” or “gloom, room.” This is a good effect to the poem because it makes the poem interesting and catchy for people to understand and keep in their heads. She uses 2 rhetorical questions to show how the person in