One of the most popular poets of all time‚ Maya Angelou’s poetry was powerful and personal because she was not afraid to cross the lines of race and culture. Angelou once said‚ “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said‚ people will forget what you did‚ but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Her works expressed her spirit for the cause of liberation‚ diversity‚ and empowerment for people everywhere. Trials and errors that occurred in her childhood and adulthood affected the
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Maya Angelou spreading an attachment to honesty‚ civil rights‚ savoring life and writing the experiences‚ a dominating woman became a motivation to all. Maya Angelou’s words were always destined for honor and praise for centuries yet to come. Her writings continue to promote equality‚ soul-searching and friendship. Maya created a way to express herself freely and instill character and integrity in people by doing so. She found happiness and a way out through her writings and commanded her voice to
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freedom to all races. Maya Angelou experienced this sense
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Maya Angelou is one of the women’s we wouldn’t want to call regular women‚ but superwoman. I’m not actually saying that she got superpowers and that she can fly; lift up 1000 pounds or more. Calling Maya Angelou a superwoman shows that her perseverance and bravery was the things that help her to overcome the impossible. Her perseverance and bravery was as strong as superwoman strength. Maya Angelou perseverance and bravery inspired many young women’s to strive to accomplish something great and do
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Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou is an amazing American author‚ poet‚ entertainer‚ actress‚ playwright‚ producer and director‚ historian and civil rights activist. She is best known for her portrayals of strong African American women. Born April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Maya Angelou’s given name was Marguerite Johnson‚ Maya and her brother Bailey spent most of their childhood living with their grandmother in rural Arkansas. Maya grew up in Stamps and learned what it was like to
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Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is perceived by many literary critics to be one of the most important books of two generations. It is the first in a five volume autobiography about author Maya Angelou’s life. Maya Angelou is not only a well known author‚ but also a poet‚ actress‚ director‚ playwright‚ film producer‚ and civil rights activist. Maya is also an accomplished spokeswoman‚ traveling the country taking on taboo topics such civil rights‚ or gender equality. She is one of the
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Africa by Maya Angelou describes the country Africa from the point of view of African Americans. In the first stanza Angelou uses the geographical make up of the land to give humanizing features to the continetnt. She describes the mountains of Africa as her breast and her hair is the deserts. Line six‚ "two Niles her tears" describes the Nile river as flowing tears and reflects her pain. "Thus she has lain" in this stanza describes an African American woman’s struggle in Africa. This phrase is mentioned
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“Momma convinced us that cleanliness was next to Godliness.” Throughout “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”‚ Maya Angelou expresses motif of cleanliness both figuratively and literally. By definition‚ the word Literally is an adjective that means “actually‚ without exaggeration.” In best usage‚ it is used when you are speaking about something that actually happened or when you are speaking about something in an exact sense. Figuratively is also an adjective‚ but its meaning is quite different from
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since colonial times. In her essay “Graduation‚” Maya Angelou recollects the experience of her eighth grade graduation in the 1930s to examine the personal growth of humans caught in the adversity of racial discrimination. Through narrative structure‚ selection of detail‚ and use of imagery‚ Angelou encourages young blacks to follow their ambitions with pride‚ despite what the “white man” thinks of them. Through her narrative structure‚ Angelou aspires for young black students to maintain “Negro”
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Sujet Maya Angelou‚ an African American writer‚ is visiting Ghana‚ in Africa‚ for the first time. After a few seconds of studying me‚ the woman lifted both arms and lacing her fingers together clasped her hands and put them on the top of her head. She rocked a little from side to side and issued a pitiful little moan. In Arkansas‚ when I was a child‚ if my brother or I put our hands on our heads as the woman before me was doing‚ my grandmother would stop in her work and come to remove
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