An Analysis Of Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman

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This was some what hard for me to find a poem that is interesting to me, because I enjoy poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickerson, and Robert Frost. Sometimes I even like poems by Edgar Allen Poe. However, my all time favorite writer is Maya Angelou. Out of all her poems I would have to say that I love “Phenomenal Woman” more.
“Phenomenal Woman” is a poem that expresses and honors the achievement of women in life. It also tells women no matter what your size may be you are beautiful inside and out. Many times it states that women need to have confidence in themselves and be who they truly are. In “Phenomenal Woman”, there is a great deal of different poetic devices. One of them includes theme.
I found out least two different theme in the

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