Maya Angelou was an influential American author, poet, actress, and civil rights activist who received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in 2014. Angelou experienced a difficult childhood that included being sexually assaulted at age 7, after which she did not speak for nearly 5 years. In 1969 she published her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which garnered international acclaim and launched her career as a writer.
Maya Angelou was an influential American author, poet, actress, and civil rights activist who received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in 2014. Angelou experienced a difficult childhood that included being sexually assaulted at age 7, after which she did not speak for nearly 5 years. In 1969 she published her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which garnered international acclaim and launched her career as a writer.
Maya Angelou was an influential American author, poet, actress, and civil rights activist who received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in 2014. Angelou experienced a difficult childhood that included being sexually assaulted at age 7, after which she did not speak for nearly 5 years. In 1969 she published her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which garnered international acclaim and launched her career as a writer.
Maya Angelou was an influential American author, poet, actress, and civil rights activist who received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She passed away in 2014. Angelou experienced a difficult childhood that included being sexually assaulted at age 7, after which she did not speak for nearly 5 years. In 1969 she published her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" which garnered international acclaim and launched her career as a writer.
lifetime, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Arts, and multiple Grammy Awards. Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014. POEM 1 Presentation: June 6th Student: José Vanelio Batista da Silva Phenomenal Woman Professor: Maria da Salete Nunes Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion MAYA ANGELOU model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.
I walk into a room
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Just as cool as you please, Johnson on April 4, 1928, was an And to a man, influential American author, poet, The fellows stand or actress, and civil rights activist. Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, Angelou experienced a difficult A hive of honey bees. childhood. At the age of seven, she was I say, sexually assaulted by her mother's It’s the fire in my eyes, boyfriend, leading to her becoming mute And the flash of my teeth, for nearly five years. The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. In 1969, Angelou published her I’m a woman groundbreaking memoir, "I Know Why Phenomenally. the Caged Bird Sings," which garnered international acclaim. The book delved Phenomenal woman, into her early life, addressing themes of That’s me. racism, identity, and resilience. It Men themselves have wondered became a bestseller, launching her career What they see in me. as a writer and establishing her as an They try so much influential voice in literature. But they can’t touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them, They say they still can’t see. POEM 2 I say, It’s in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, Touched by an angel The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. We, unaccustomed to courage I’m a woman exiles from delight Phenomenally. live coiled in shells of loneliness Phenomenal woman, until love leaves its high holy temple That’s me. and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Now you understand Just why my head’s not bowed. Love arrives I don’t shout or jump about and in its train come ecstasies Or have to talk real loud. old memories of pleasure When you see me passing, ancient histories of pain. It ought to make you proud. Yet if we are bold, I say, love strikes away the chains of fear It’s in the click of my heels, from our souls. The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, We are weaned from our timidity The need for my care. In the flush of love's light ’Cause I’m a woman we dare be brave Phenomenally. And suddenly we see Phenomenal woman, that love costs all we are That’s me. and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free SUMMARY SUMMARY
The poem celebrates the inner strength,
beauty, and confidence of a woman, 'Touched By An Angel' by Maya regardless of society's standards of Angelou is a poem about love. It beauty. Maya Angelou's poem explores how hard it is to find and what emphasizes the importance of self- it does not solve once acquired. acceptance and self-love.
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