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By: Catie Mann and Olivia Ewell

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Phenomenal Woman

By Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion 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

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It’s the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can’t touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them,

They say they still can’t see.

I say,

It’s in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Now you understand

Just why my head’s not bowed.

I don’t shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing,

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It’s in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need for my care.

’Cause I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

On Aging

By Maya Angelou

When you see me sitting quietly,
Like a sack left on the shelf,
Don’t think I need your chattering.
I’m listening to myself.
Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
Hold! Stop your sympathy!
Understanding if you got it,
Otherwise I’ll do without it!
When my bones are stiff and aching,
And my feet won’t climb the stair,
I will only ask one favor:
Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
When you see me walking, stumbling,
Don’t study and get it wrong.
‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
And every goodbye ain’t gone.
I’m the same person I was back then,
A little less hair, a little less chin,
A lot less lungs and much less wind.
But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in.

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Maya Angelou was a well respected author and poet. She was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. Maya was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. As an African-American Maya had a hard childhood. Her parents both split up when she was very young. She was sent to live with her father's mother Anne in Stamps, Arkansas. As a young African-American girl she experienced racial prejudices and discrimination in Arkansas. She was also abused by her mother's boyfriend. if that wasn't bad enough for avenge Mayas uncles killed her mother's boyfriend. It was such a dramatic and shocking experience Maya stop talking altogether. She spent years mute. However she didn't let this keep her back. She moved to San Francisco California because she got a scholarship to study dance and acting at the California labor school. She was the first black female cable car conductor. A short time after in 1944 she gave birth to her son, at only 16. In the middle of 1950 Mayas career began to take off. She began touring a production, and then later in 1961 she starred in an off-Broadway production. The production got such high reviews. . However Maya had other interest, she spent most of the 1960s abroad.  She lived in Egypt and then Ghana working as an editor and freelance writer. When she came back to the US she was urge to write about her experiences. Thus the book came "I know why the caged Bird sings”. She made literary history as the first nonfiction best African American seller. Then her career is that she was a full-time writer

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Phenomenal Women
This poem steam is confidence it's to tell woman that you don't have to be the stereo typical pretty girl to be beautiful. That beautiful is confidence and confidence will attract anyone. "Pretty women wonder where my secret lies." (Line 1)Her secret was so simple it was confidence. The structure of this poem is written into four stanzas,  with each a different number of lines however all ending in the same way "phenomenal woman" each stanza has a different meaning. The first stanza is saying how woman wonder how she's so beautiful. The second goes on to say how men are drawn to her. The third talks about how she is full of confidence. And the fourth tells about her humbleness to the situation. The poem has a lot of repetition. Always repeating the words phenomenal woman. Trying to in grave the readers mind into knowing all women are phenomenal no matter what the looks or shape. The meaning of this poem is loving yourself no matter what. Knowing that self love is not selfish.

Aging
Maya Angelou does not want any sympathy or special treatment as she grows old. "Don’t think I need your chattering." (Angelou, L:3) She does not need a person's chattering or rocking chairs. "Don’t bring me no rocking chair." (Angelou, L:11) All she needs is some peace and quiet because after all, that sack on the shelf she has become is still the same human being she was all those years ago. This is the theme of the poem. Age does not change who a person is. It changes their appearance. She's not lazy, she's tired. She's not dead yet so don't treat her as though she is. She may look a little older but she's lucky she can still breathe. There is only one stanza for this poem because it is all one stream of thought, one idea. The rhyme scheme is ABAB repeating. This is important because it pulls together the ideas of the poem and emphasizes each line. The meaning of this poem is that age is irrelevant and that Maya Angelou is the same sassy, energetic woman she was as a young lady. This poem was written for Maya Angelou's "And Still I Rise" book in 2011, when she was 83 years old

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 Six literary device For Phenomenal  Women and Aging  

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 Six literary device For Phenomenal  Women and Aging  

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1) figurative language- is writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally. "It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, " (line 21-22 phenomenal woman) and this your "Myers not saying that her teeth are literally flash and her eyes are actually fired. It is figurative language for her eyes being beautiful and her teeth being white.
2) imagery – is The descriptive language used in literature to recover sensory experiences relating to sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell. "The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips." (Lines 7-9 phenomenal woman)
3) Implication – a suggestion and author or speaker makes implies without stating it directly "Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. They try so much But they can't touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them They say they still can't see. I say, It's in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I'm a woman" (stanza three, phenomenal woman) and this "we see that the author in plied that men are drug to her not for her beauty but her confidence and many of them don't see that but really confidence is what draws in a man. This is not told but as you look deeper into the poem you can discover it.
4) hyperbole – is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. "The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees." ( Lines 20-23 Phenomenal women) in this quote we see a hyperbole or another words an over exaggeration men are not actually falling to their knees for her they are just doing whatever she wants. Maya is highly in favor and in demand in the dating world.
5) Metaphor- is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. "Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees." (23-24 lines phenomenal woman) in this quote the authors comparing mens the attraction to her as bees attraction to honey and hives.
6) Symbol – is a person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. "But they can't touch My inner mystery." ( lines 32-35 )Showing a symbol of her mind, that her mind is her most beautiful aspects of her body. That many don't understand it.

Aging Literary devices

1.    Aphorism-A general truth or observation about life, usually stated concisely and pointedly. It can be witty or wise. "Cause tired don’t mean lazy And every goodbye ain’t gone. I’m the same person I was back then, A little less hair, a little less chin, A lot less lungs and much less wind. But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in." (Angelou, L:14-19) Angelou teaches that being old does not mean a person has changed it simply means they are old.
2.    Accent-when part of a word, phrase or sentence is spoken with greater force or stronger tone. "Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me! Hold! Stop your sympathy!" (Angelou, L:5-6) These few lines are emphasized through punctuation to tell the audience she does not need special treatment and pity simply because she is older.
3.    Connotation- an association that a word calls to mind in addition to its dictionary meaning. "Don’t bring me no rocking chair." (Angelou, L:11) When a person thinks of rocking chairs, they think of an old woman sitting and knitting all day which is exactly what Maya Angelou does not want to do.
4.    Diction-is word choice. "Cause tired don’t mean lazy. And every goodbye ain’t gone." (Angelou, L:14-15) instead of a formal or casual tone. Maya Angelou uses a sassy and straightforward tone to imply that she does not wish to be treated this way any longer.
0.    Figurative language-is writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally. It creates vivid word pictures and makes writing emotionally intense and concentrated. "Like a sack left on the shelf," (Angelou, L:3) Angelou's use of a simile in this line helps the audience to understand that she is not a sack to be left and forgotten about. She is a person, who may be old but regardless is a person.
5.    Form-of a literary work is it structure, shape, pattern, organization or style-the way that it is made. Form is different from content, which is what it is about. "When you see me sitting quietly, Like a sack left on the shelf, Don’t think I need your chattering. I’m listening to myself. " (Angelou, L:1-4) this rhyme scheme is a pattern shown throughout the entire poem.
6.    Mood-or atmosphere, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood is your reaction and feeling to a work; the tone is the writers attitude. Writers create mood through the following: connotation, details, dialogue, imagery, figurative language, foreshadowing, setting and rhythm. "I will only ask one favor: Don’t bring me no rocking chair. When you see me walking, stumbling, Don’t study and get it wrong." (Angelou, L:10-13) The mood Angelou created is confident, yet frustrated and dissatisfaction.