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She is an author; she is a poet; she is a civil right activist; she is a dancer; she is a singer; she is a mother; she is a sister; she is a role model for all. Maya Angelo, an American icon, should be given a day in her honor. May 28, the day of her death, should be celebrated each year as “Angelo Day.” On this day children will learn what it means to believe in themselves and to understand that no matter what challenges they might face they will get though them. Maya Angela is like a bud who

Both “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar refer to slavery using birds as metaphors and in “Sympathy”, the bird sees freedom only in death, while in “Caged Bird”, the bird hopes and believes that he will soon become free. The diction the authors use show that the “bird” is truly a slave because of the fact that they are both in pain and have bruises and scars and are bloody, as well as the fact that they are chained, and cannot run away. The bird in “Caged Bird” sang

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou describes her noteworthy life in her Memoir; I know why the Caged Bird Sings. In her memoir, Maya uses several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and explain the traumatic events in her life. Maya recollects the events in her life and allows her audience to experience all of her hardships. In the 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou uses metaphors and similes to explain the struggles of growing up as a black woman

Maya Angelou was an African American that grew up to be a well known poet. I chose to write an analysis on her because she was the main character in the book I know why a caged bird sings, and interested me the most. She grew up in the 1990s, when discrimination was still a problem. She has endured so much in her lifetime. She describes herself as big, elbowy and grating on page 22. She is very insecure because number one, people made fun of her, and number two, she was black. In chapter 24, she

In her poem, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou-- The bird sings because it wants her freedom. I think the caged bird also sings because she is bored or probable she needs distraction because she does not have nothing to do alone. I guess the bird is also calling someone because she might need something. Also i think the bird is ignored by the people that have the bird captured. I think this paragraph has to do with “The Long Walk Home” because Odessa can not do nothing by her choice

Maya Angelou, author, performer, and leader, is an inspiration to various people across the world. She fought for equality between men, women and segregation. Angelou experienced many hardships including abandonment and abuse throughout her childhood. “It takes the human voice to infuse them (words) with the shades of a deeper meaning.” (Angelou) This quote enhances people’s views on the written language versus the spoken language. Hearing the words creates a distinction between verbal and written

Angelou, Maya once said, "The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart." Angelou is a fantastic poet who grew up on church. Five days a week her grandma, who she called Momma, took her there. After many life struggles Angelou gave birth to her first son, Guy, at the age of 16. Maya Angelou, inspired by Shakespeare and female artists, wrote her heart into her poetry(brainy). Maya Angelou was an amazing an American poet. Angelou was

Maya Angelou was born April,4,1928 she was a poet, but she did way more than that. She was and singer,memoirst, and a civil rights activist.The poem “LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME AT ALL” was published in February,6,1993. She also published several autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows that could last for about 50 years. This poem contained eight stanzas.They were not in a set pattern, for example stanza one

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of Maya Angelou, chronicling her life until the age of 17, before her rise to fame as an inspiring writer and poet. At age 3, Marguerite Johnson’s mother and father sent her and her brother Bailey to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, a segregated Southern town. There, they helped their grandmother run her store until their teen years, when they would move to various cities including St. Louis, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, passed

In addition, My black history report is on my person name Maya Angelou and she was known for an american poet ,memoirist,and civil rights activist. She also published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited.Also she wrote plays,movies,and television shows spanning over when she was 50 years old. Angelou died on May 28, 2014, in Winston-salem, North Carolina, where she had served as Reynolds professor of American studies. Angelou joined the Harlem Writers