I chose the poem "Possum Crossing" by Nikki Giovanni and I feel that the poem has meaning to life in the fact that we mistake some things for what they’re really not. The thesis of this poem is that things can be confusing and hard to understand‚ and sometimes easy to mistake something for something else. The poem starts off as a woman is driving her car down the road and she sees what she believes to be a possum. The woman thinks about all the times that she has come close to hitting something
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Nikki Giovanni uses free verse‚ hyperbole‚ and symbolism in her poems‚ Nikki- Rosa‚ Ego Tripping‚ The Beep Beep Poem‚ and Kidnap Poem. Her style is to make the audience to create a descriptive picture and a deep understanding of Nikki’s perspective of her life of being a Black- American‚ which she didn’t let the color of her skin stop her from dreaming‚ creating her own imaginative life in her poet’s world. The first poetic technique that she uses in her poems is free verse. Free verse
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life example of what it looks like when feminism and Poetry intertwine. Nikki Giovani an American writer and activist from Knoxville‚ TN has a quote a about poetry that really relates to the way Beyonce creates her music. “Writers don’t write from experience‚ although many are hesitant to admit that they don’t. If you wrote from experience‚ you’d get maybe one book‚ maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” – Nikki Giovanni. Beyoncé’s (Destiny’s Child) song Survivor “show a belief in women’s ability
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Tha Police"‚ NWA says " Young nigga got it bad cuz im brown / And not the other color so police think / They have the authority to kill a minority" (NWA "Fuck Tha Police" 3-5). Another common subect between Black poets and rappers is "ghetto life". Nikki Giovani’s poem called "For Saundra" is about how she is going to write a poem about trees and blue skies. Then she realized that she was living in a "concrete jungle". <br> <br>i wanted to write / a poem / that rhymes / but revolution doesn’t lend
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example‚ she wrote‚ “The world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by‚” (Giovanni 1). This quote means that we all need community to support us and share our experiences. Additionally‚ she wrote about how society helps us get through the difficult times and be happy. For instance‚ she wrote‚ “An ocean would never laugh if clouds weren’t there to kiss her tears‚” (Giovanni 3). That means people would always be focused on the dissatisfactory and never on the joyful‚ if someone
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After reading Nikki Giovanni “Poetry”out loud several times I was able to make my son laugh. I used a energetic voice. With this poem I was able to bring hope and happiness to the audience. In this voice felt as though I was at a seminar or in front group of people. I was definitely a speaker or motivational speaker inspiring many about the love I have for poetry. At the part when I became to talk about the feelings I have after midnight and while I was sleep seemed to have brought them in closer
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When looking at the language used by a poet when creating a poem it is important we do this with a number of things in mind. What kind of image is the poet attempting to create in our thoughts? When was this poem created? How is it structured and punctuated? What context has it been written? and also how does the poet want us to feel when reading the work? No matter how long or short a poem may be the language used when creating it will be vital as to deciding how we respond to the poem. It is not
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than others. These societies have positive attributes and negative ones as well. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton‚ the clip “On the Road: Middle School Football” with Steve Hartman; the poem “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be” by Nikki Giovanni‚ it gives us positive information about Ponyboy’s society‚ Keith’s society; the society described in the poem. And knowing how their society is positive might change the way you think forever. In the video‚ it talks about a football team who
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Gift” by Li-Young Lee‚ pg. 469. C.) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni‚ pg. 672. E.) personification - “Seeing the snowman standing all alone” “Boy at the Window” by Robert Frost‚ pg. 451. 2.) A.) simile - “which holds them in like stolid cattle” “Internment” by Juliet S. Kono‚ pg. 437. B.) metaphor
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Character – Character‚ John Leggett Introduction to Character PowerNotes Character chart‚ p. 85 2. “Everyday Use: For Your Grandmama” by Alice Walker pp. 102-109 • “For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties” handout • “from Hands: For Mother’s Day” by Nikki Giovanni‚ p. 110 • “Lucinda Matlock” by Edgar Lee Masters‚ p. 111 “Everyday Use” 1. Class Starter: Quickwrite‚ p. 102 2. Assign the Reading p. 103 3. Art Transparency “The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles” by Faith Ringgold (See One-Stop Planner for suggested
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