Friday, September 23, 2016
The Theme of "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
One of the poems in our poetry reader that I really enjoyed was Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman." I think that this poem had a very important and interesting theme: she is confident with who she is, and that is what draws people to her. There is lots of evidence in the poem about this. In every stanza she talks about details about herself that make people flock to her. She also calls herself a phenomenal woman in every stanza. These both show that she is confident in everything about herself, and she is comfortable just the way she is. Another part of the poem that proves her confidence in herself is in the 4th stanza when she says "Now you understand/ Just why my head's not bowed./ I don't have to shout or jump about/ Or have to talk real loud." A part of the poem that shows that people like her for her confidence is in the second stanza where she says, "And to a man,/ The fellows stand or/ Fall down on their knees./ Then they swarm around me,/ A hive of honey bees." Over all, I really liked this poem and the theme of confidence that draws people in.
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Your blog post is well written. You gave a lot of though to this poem and, I think, did a great job explaining its themes. Do you think you are going to try and act more like the women in the poem, or are you going to create your type of confidence?
ReplyDeleteReally well written! I liked how you used a lot of quotes to help the reader understand.
ReplyDeleteI think that this blog post is really well written and does a good job of explaining the theme of the poem to the reader. I also agree with the theme that you got from the poem as I got the same theme.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I completely agree with what you have written above, and especially with how you described the theme, confidence is beautiful. However, I do have one question. How would the poem be different if the author did not state she was a phenomenal woman at the end of each stanza?
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job on explaining the theme of the poem. I liked how you cited a lot of lines from the poem to support your point.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way that you described this poems theme.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how precise and well written this blog post is. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI really like this response because you have a lot of references from the poem. I also like how you talked about the poems theme. It was very well written.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that the line "I don't have to shout or jump about/or talk real loud" is maybe saying that not only does she have confidence, but is also very subtle and dignified in her confidence?
ReplyDeleteYou made lots of good text references. I also really liked the theme that you came up with.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you included so many text references, and how explained it. Good job!
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