I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Poetic Devices and Theme: 2022
Last updated on October 18th, 2022 at 07:23 am I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Poetic Devices Alliteration – It is the close repetition of consonant sounds, usually at …
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Analysis of “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou: 2022
Last updated on July 20th, 2022 at 02:54 pm“I know why the caged bird sings”, inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy”, is an autobiography by Marguerite Annie Johnson, popularly …
Old Folks Laugh Analysis by Maya Angelou: 2022
Last updated on October 6th, 2022 at 08:35 pmOld Folks Laugh Explanation: The first stanza of the poem, in tandem with the title, establishes the idea that old folks really …
Women Work: Analysis: 2022
Last updated on September 9th, 2022 at 04:17 pmWomen Work: Analysis This poem elucidates upon the predicament of women because it talks about how her world revolves around the domesticated …
Harlem Hopscotch Analysis by Maya Angelou: 2022
Last updated on September 9th, 2022 at 04:17 pmMaya Angelou’s Harlem Hopscotch describes the life of the ‘blacks,’ – the African-Americans in Harlem, New York – as a game of …
Summary of On the Pulse of Morning by Maya Angelou
Last updated on August 24th, 2020 at 09:01 pmThis poem summary focuses on the poem ‘On the Pulse of Morning’ by the African-American woman poet Maya Angelou, who despite being …
On the Pulse of Morning Analysis by Maya Angelou
Last updated on August 24th, 2020 at 09:01 pmThis poem analysis is divided into four parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, themes, and deeper meanings – all of …
Woman Work Analysis by Maya Angelou
Last updated on August 24th, 2020 at 09:11 pmThe rhyme scheme throughout ‘Woman Work’ is not constant. The first stanza consists of seven pairs of rhymed lines in the pattern …
Woman Work Summary by Maya Angelou
Last updated on August 24th, 2020 at 09:12 pmMaya Angelou (1928-2014) is an African-American woman poet. Her poetry most often deals with women of her own community. ‘Woman Work’ is …
Touched by an Angel Analysis by Maya Angelou
Last updated on August 24th, 2020 at 09:12 pm‘Touched by an Angel’ has no set rhyme scheme, but is written in rhythmically-flowing free verse. What are noticeable in the poem …