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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.
“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.
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. Angelou portrays the overwhelming physical and emotional labor of a woman tasked with household chores and childcare, yet her ...
The title “Woman Work” lets the reader know right away what this poem will be about: women's labor. And in the opening lines, the speaker dives right in by describing some of the work that she has to do: she must take care of the children, patch up clothes, clean the floor, and shop for food. All of these are
Poem analysis of Maya Angelou’s Woman Work through the review of literary techniques, poem structure, themes, and the proper usage of quotes.
This paper presented the stylistic analysis of a poem by Maya Angelou, “Woman Work”. This stylistic analysis focused on analyzing two language levels, phonology and syntax, covering the study of sound repetition, transitivity, and pronoun.
This paper is a comparative study between two selected poems by Maya Angelou, and aims to explore the female oppression as portrayed in her those selected poems.
