“There'Re Two People In The World That Are Not Likeable:

The second female role in this text is the Lady of the manor, Sir Bertilak de Hautdesert's wife. The Lady first appears in this text in stanza 18: "She was the fairest of all

In the poem Ego Tripping, Nikki Giovanni uses the voice of a woman speaker who is strong, proud and independent.The word “ego- trip” describes an act of behaving in a self-seeking manner(“Ego- Trip”). Therefore, this is one of the main messages the poem tries to send across to its readers.Although Giovanni targets this poem at an audience of men and women of color, she also aims this poem at herself. She tries to see the good inside of herself. Giovanni inculcates the themes of Religion, Identity, and Africa into her poem. Although Nikki Giovanni penned this poem in 1972, when racial discrimination was at its peak, its messages are still very useful to us even today. The world today, is not much different from 1972.

“You may write me down in history….You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I’ll rise.” This quote indicates Angelou’s thoughts and emotions of what she and other victims of oppression faced, and how she overcame this. This personal pronoun helps the listener recognise that this issue has affected Angelou and that it is personal to her, but she will continue to persevere.

“I too” by Langston Hughes and “Dreams” by Nikki Giovanni are poems concerning conformity and rebellion. I too was published in the 1926 volume of poetry by Langston Hughes. It is about an African American man, who is “either a slave, a free man in the Jim Crow South, or even a domestic servant”, that conforms to the ideas and traditions between black and white people. He does this, while quietly waiting for the day that he will not have to conform or “stay in the kitchen” anymore. Dreams is about a black girl who dreams to be famous singer when she is a child. However, as she grows older, and starts to understand the labels and roles black girls are put in in society at the time, she conforms to the idea of settling down and letting her

Many poets have conversations with other authors within their literature. They do not talk directly, as if addressing each other face-to-face. Instead, they choose topics that relate and continue the conversation. This is what Nikki Giovanni’s “Nikki Rosa” and Terrence Hayes’ “Talk” does. These two poems exemplify the issue of racial misinterpretations using different literary devices to describe the issues that many black people, faced and continue to face today.

Nikki Giovanni uses her culture and background as a way to describe past experiences that shaped her and how she is affected by it. Her writing style commonly utilizes extended metaphors, figurative language, imagery, and theme. Her unique point of view and writing style gives us a vivid insight of her past experiences and how they affected her,

While at the same time as exemplifying masculinity through chivalry this line also begins the subversion of gender roles by putting the woman in the more dominant position - she is now in control of this situation. In the following line it is stated that “all the others honored her and offered to serve her” (166). The use of the verbs honor and offer are direct effects of the way they “see” her which continues to implicate the importance of her beauty while also putting her in a dominant role. This is emphasized once again in lines 611-612 “When they had looked at her well, when they greatly praised her beauty” (166). This is another instance in which a verb, “praised,” is a direct result of seeing her beauty. This direct relation between such verbs and her presence helps to demonstrate her force and impact as a woman along with her characterization as a sovereign being. In lines 613-614 it is stated that “she spoke in this way, she didn’t want to wait”

1. To whom is the poem “Upon Being Brought from Africa to America” addressed and what idea does it convey?

Nikki Giovanni is considered a top African-American poet of the twentieth century. Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee during 1943 and was raised in a family of strong African-American heritage. She gained popularity during the 1960s and 1970s when the Civil Rights Movement was gaining traction. The connection between her heritage and the Civil Rights Movement was a great source of inspiration for her poetry. Through her frank and vivid poetic language, she expresses the joys and pains of being black in America. Yet she also ties this experience to her ancestral roots in Africa. This is evident in the poem "Ego Tripping," where she talks about being in the Congo and Egypt. Giovanni shows she is not afraid to get vulnerable and intimate

Behind every strong man there is an even stronger woman. Nikki Giovanni’s poem,  “Ego- Tripping (There May Be A Reason),” written in 1972 goes further into depth about the importance of women and empowers them in different ways. Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville Tennessee on June 7th 1943.Her most famous work was is the “Black Judgment,” a book of poems responsible for pushing Giovanni into the spotlight. Giovanni won several awards such as, the woman of the year, in which she won in several different organizations. She was also inducted into the Ohio women's’ hall of fame. She is best known for her revolutionary and inspirational writing style, which she reveals in her poem “Ego- Tripping (There May Be A Reason).” This poem inspires black

The novel Giovanni's Room tries to portray diversity in many different ways, not only by their nationalities, but also their socio-economic class, physical actions, and sex orientation. The story entail different places that people are coming from, and going to, suggesting diversity in where they came from, in their cultural background, and in where they want to seek meanings of their life. David comes from the United States, finds beauty in the city of Paris, where he met Giovanni, who’s from Italy, but for sure they are here in the same land for different reasons. As for Hella, also from the United States, met David in Paris, but decides to spend time in Spain to think about the choices she has to make concerning David.

Here, ‘she’ is the mother of Beowulf, who gave birth to a ‘flower,’ which is Beowulf. He started off as small child and grew into a great man, ‘manhood’. Then there’s the ‘Lord of Ages,’ who is no other than God, who has; ‘bestowed a grace.’ In the context of this poem grace means, “… a quality of God… which manifests in the giving of blessings and granting of salvation” (OED). Beowulf brings his salvation, he vanquishes the demons in the land and leads his people for many years without war or problems.

The name Sappho happens to be well-known today for two reasons: Sappho is famous for being a great poet; she is infamous for being a homosexual. And, collectively have noticed that both sides to her appear through the ages; those in the most ancient times saw her mostly for her poetic side, and as time went on her sexuality entered the focus more. In modern times individuals attempt to see both, however the infamous part of Sappho usually is focused upon. Sadly, it is these two elements of her being that have been most influential in how people from the past to the present read and interpret her work.

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.

She is one of God 's women, fashioned by His own hand to show us men and other women that there is a heaven where we can enter, and that its light can be here on earth. So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist… (Stoker 2002: 198)