Nikki Giovani is one of the most accomplished poets in the world and she has a list of awards and recognitions a mile long. She has: Seven NAACP Image Awards‚ Named one of Oprah’s Top 25 Living Legends‚ first recipient of the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award‚ National Association of Radio and Television Announcers Award for Best Spoken Word Album‚ and the ALC Lifetime Achievement Award (Giovanni 1). These are a small portion of her numerous accomplishments. But‚ who is Nikki Giovanni and how did
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Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni has evolved as writer; naturalist and a modernist later. Naturalism was a literary movement that was taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions‚ heredity‚ and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Giovanni shows naturalism in her works "Poem (No Name No. 2)"‚ and “[Untitled] (For Margaret Danner)”. Just to give a little background on modernism‚ Modernism is when writers proclaimed a new
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Nikki Giovanni Biography Nikki Giovanni is one of the best known mixed poets who has reached prominence in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Nikki has wrote many poems and books 1970-early 2004‚ most of what she writes is with passion‚inspiration and with lots of feeling. Giovanni’s poetry express strong racial pride and respect for family‚ giovanni has written Creation‚ Love Poems‚ The Collected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni and The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. She was born in Knoxville‚Tennessee in
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“Nikki-Rosa” written by Nikki Giovanni‚ discussed the heartaches and suffering of growing up in America as an African-American person. There are so many people here in this world and no one can choose their race or their family‚ but just as she mentioned we are left to deal with our own troubles in the homes as well as the outside pressure from other races. No specific race understands the struggles of an African-American or minorities‚ because they are blinded by their own up comings. Someone may
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In conclusion to this essay‚ the poet Nikki Giovanni is a very strong and confident woman that loves to produce poems of your liking. She writes with great understanding of the world around her and also writes about her own experiences with life. You can tell that she puts in lots of time and effort into her work by all of the details she has added in each and every poem that she has ever written.The first poem was a small conclusion about her childhood and all that hard work her family had to go
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Nikki Giovanni’s Fight for Justice and Equality Nikki Giovanni was an African American poet‚ author‚ professor‚ and civil rights activist. She has won over 62 awards for her poetry‚ books‚ records‚ tapes‚ and CDs including seven NAACP image awards‚ the Langston Hughes award‚ and the Gwendolyn Brooks award (Giovanni‚ “Awards and Honors”). Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7‚ 1943 in Knoxville‚ Tennessee‚ but was raised in Cincinnati‚ Ohio (Aybar‚ “Nikki Giovanni”). She would often visit her grandparents
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loveliness of a snow fall. It might describe the moon as an ordinary object‚ such as a balloon. Some poetry can teach life lessons‚ like living without a partner. As it states in the poem‚ The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be‚ written by Nikki Giovanni. The first stanza states‚ “the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by”. Everybody wants someone to love‚ and someone to be loved by. When a person is all alone it makes for a lonely lifestyle. This poem
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Jasmine McFall Professor Norris English 234 10/23/2011 Nikki Giovanni: The Princess of Black Poetry Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni is one of the world’s most renowned black poets‚ as well as an author‚ commentator‚ writer‚ and educator. Born in Knoxville‚ Tennessee‚ raised in Cincinnati‚ Giovanni has been an involved activist and writer since the early 1960s. After leaving high school in the eleventh grade‚ she entered the historically black Fisk University
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The two poems‚ “Poetry” by Nikki Giovanni‚ and “Reading Poetry” by Mary Mclaver‚ both have a similar writing style‚ diction‚ theme. Both poets use a variety of poetic devices to determine the meaning of poetry is to them. “Reading Poetry” describes reading a poem in her mind. A cheerful tone and theme using unlike “Poetry”. The theme indicates the many different types of poems and the feeling that correspond. Mary Mclaver uses an interesting stylistic structure by stating the comparison and then
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Giovanni brilliantly uses the literary devices of imagery‚ paralleled repetition and symbolism to depict a vivid journey of transformation‚ concluding with an exquisite moment of self-realization. The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore‚ at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s
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