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Analysis Of The Poem Choices By Nikki Giovanni

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Choices by Nikki Giovanni Choices, by Nikki Giovanni, expresses throughout the poem, a feeling of depression from subjugation. Giovanni shows how the character has a choice whether to accept her fate or choose to do something. In her stanzas, she has clearly chosen to accept someone else’s choice for her. While reading this, one must concur that she wants the reader to know, everyone has a choice although she has chosen not to be happy. As Edward Elric once said, “You’ve got two good legs. So get up and use them. You’re strong enough to make your own path.” Giovanni doesn’t do this as she accepts another’s will by saying, “If I can’t do/ what I want to do/ then my job is not/ do what I want/ To do” (1-5). Subjugation is seen though most

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