Kevin Gray English 1020 Prof. Cole 4/22/13 Lucille Clifton “homage to my hips” In “homage to my hips‚” Lucille Clifton discusses how much pride she has in her hips. This poem discusses Clifton’s hips‚ and how they are free from certain views of society. She is self-satisfied and respects herself regardless of what others may think or say. In this poem Clifton celebrates her big hips. In today society most people are very judgmental and honest. In society expect women to be picture as slim
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Shane Reid Reid1 “homage to my hips” Lucille Clifton was born and raised in Depew‚ N.Y. (June 27‚ 1936). She attended Howard University in Washington D.C. ‚ Then transferring to Fredonia College near Buffalo‚ N.Y. It was when she attended Fredonia State Teachers College that she was experimenting
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2012 Homage to My Hips Clifton’s “Homage To My Hips” is a wonderful poem that has themes of feminism woven in each and every line‚ specifically emphasizing the woes of being a woman in a patriarchal society and the strength women have the potential to wield. She illuminates these ideas through the devices of imagery‚ metaphor and symbolism throughout the poem‚ making them more significant to the reader. Clifton is taking something with a negative connotation‚ “battleship hips”‚ and makes
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Lucille Clifton’s “Homage to my hips” concentrates on a proud‚ strong‚ and powerful woman who is absolutely in love with her hips. Clifton’s tone throughout the poem focuses highly on her big hips. Not once does the she speak negatively about them. She feels absolutely wonderful about her big hips‚ making her feel so confident and full-bodied all at the same time. She gives off many reasons to why her hips make her modest‚ but full of pride. The beginning of ’Homage to my hips” illustrates the confidence
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The Power of Hips Women are oppressed by patriarchy economically‚ politically‚ socially‚ and psychologically‚ but some resist those ideas through literature. Lucille Clifton is an example of a woman who resists those ideas through her works. In a male-dominated world‚ the males make the decisions for the females that does not have a say in those decisions. However‚ Clifton explains in her poem “Homage to My Hips” that her hips “are free hips‚/ they don’t like to be held back./ These hips have never
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Magic c. Spell/spin Lucille Clifton is an American writer and poet. Her poem‚ “Homage to my Hips‚” is one of her many poems that discussed issues in society. This poem discusses Clifton’s hips‚ and how they are free from the certain views of society that she does not agree on as well as how she is proud of her “hips” and respects herself regardless. She uses word choice and personification to describe ways her hips stand for what she believes in. Clifton declares that she will not abide by the rules
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“Homage to my Hips” sent goosebumps up every inch of my feminist self. It is not just a proclamation of body positivity‚ but also a declaration of the freedom women have over their bodies. Lucille Clifton makes a point to emphasize that the only person who can control her hips and their actions is herself. Throughout history‚ women have been continuously shamed for being “promiscuous” when their actions are no different than any grown man’s. This poem embraces big hips while also sending a message
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Clifton uses her “hips” as a form of symbolism to highlight the strengths that women possess in the world. Clifton notes; “These hips are big hips. / they need space to move around in / they don’t fit into little petty places. these hips / are free hips”(1-6). Clifton is strongly using the symbolism of hips to illustrate that women should not be belittled just because they are women. Also‚ she wants people to understand
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Woman’s role in Her Kind and Homage to My Hips Although fiction has several underlying themes‚ poetry does as well. Poetry’s theme might even be a quite a bit more challenging according to the length of the literary work compared to that of a work of fiction. The theme is rarely pointed out. It is up to the reader to find the theme. Likewise Fiction‚ themes in poetry can also vary from each individual. The theme of woman and their roles in life throughout history have had a huge impact on literature
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A Woman’s Identity The Yellow Wallpaper‚ written in 1892‚ a woman’s identity is described by the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman consistent with society of the times. It is in direct contrast to Homage to my Hips which was written almost 100 years later by Lucille Clifton‚ in which writing styles and the identity of women were much stronger. In 1892 when The Yellow Wallpaper was written‚ women did not have much say in anything they wanted to do. Women were inferior to men as well as dependent
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