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“Woman Work” was written by the American poet Maya Angelou and first published in her 1978 collection And Still I Rise. The speaker, implied to be a Black woman, talks about all the "work" she has to do—everything from cooking, cleaning, and caring for children to picking cotton and cutting sugar cane.
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'Woman Work' captures the major elements of twentieth-century poetry including social injustice, individual suffering, and an appreciation of nature. When compared to other poems of the same time, it is unique in its emphasis on women’s work as well as the voices of the oppressed.
14 Οκτ 2024 · “Woman Work” by Maya Angelou, first appeared in her 1978 poetry collection And Still I Rise, reflects the strength and endurance of women, particularly women of color, as they manage their daily responsibilities.
Poem analysis of Maya Angelou’s Woman Work through the review of literary techniques, poem structure, themes, and the proper usage of quotes.
In her poem 'Woman Work' (1978), Maya Angelou (1928 ‐2014) writes from the perspective of a black woman in America, who must balance her roles between being a mother, a housekeeper, and a slave sent to work out in the plantations.
25 Απρ 2020 · Yet Angelou’s poem suggests that no matter how merciless the master, no matter how backbreaking and tedious the labor, slave women refused to be oppressed to the point of nothingness. In ‘‘Woman Work,’’ the speaker turns to the only option left: nature. In her workaday world, the woman has no power.
8 Νοε 2021 · “Woman Work” describes the pressure that women, and Black women in particular, face to work and care for other people. The speaker must cook, clean, pick cotton, cut sugar cane, and take care of everyone around her, finding brief respite only in the freedom offered by the natural world.
