“Free hips”
Lucille Clifton’s poem, “homage to my hips” (1987), portrays the openness of hips. The speaker is sassy and very bold about her hips. The sassiness in this poem creates a comic poem. Clifton uses repetition to show the reader women’s independence. The speaker’s mindset in this poem is that she is not going to let a person control her or tell her what to do. Clifton is grateful of her hips, and she is proud of them. Clifton uses repetition in this poem when she states “these hips are mighty hips.” (11) and “these hips are magic hips.” (12) which portrays how women have the independence to embrace their hips however they want. The hips are a symbol of the power that women have today. The speaker is confident in her hips. She states the same thing twice to …show more content…
All of the parts do however hold a deeper meaning, but the comic tone is used to spread the message in a way everyone will understand. The subject matter of hips is something that people still find funny today. When she says her hips “don’t fit into little
Anderson 2 pretty places,” (4-5) it is funny because she uses the word pretty. The way she uses statements adds to the humor because she is straightforward about everything, and there is no questioning her statements.
It is unusual that the speaker is talking about her hips in such an open matter. Clifton states “these hips are free hips” (5-6) which shows just how open and free her hips are. This is not a topic people usually choose to talk about. People are barely ever proud that their hips are big. However, she embraces that her hips are big. The speaker expresses a big and strong attitude. I feel as if she is displaying a very sassy attitude. She knows that her hips are amazing, and no one is going to tell her any different. The speaker is very proud and outspoken. Some would call this a bold attitude, because everyone else is so timid about their
Lucille Clifton’s poem, “homage to my hips” (1987), portrays the openness of hips. The speaker is sassy and very bold about her hips. The sassiness in this poem creates a comic poem. Clifton uses repetition to show the reader women’s independence. The speaker’s mindset in this poem is that she is not going to let a person control her or tell her what to do. Clifton is grateful of her hips, and she is proud of them. Clifton uses repetition in this poem when she states “these hips are mighty hips.” (11) and “these hips are magic hips.” (12) which portrays how women have the independence to embrace their hips however they want. The hips are a symbol of the power that women have today. The speaker is confident in her hips. She states the same thing twice to …show more content…
All of the parts do however hold a deeper meaning, but the comic tone is used to spread the message in a way everyone will understand. The subject matter of hips is something that people still find funny today. When she says her hips “don’t fit into little
Anderson 2 pretty places,” (4-5) it is funny because she uses the word pretty. The way she uses statements adds to the humor because she is straightforward about everything, and there is no questioning her statements.
It is unusual that the speaker is talking about her hips in such an open matter. Clifton states “these hips are free hips” (5-6) which shows just how open and free her hips are. This is not a topic people usually choose to talk about. People are barely ever proud that their hips are big. However, she embraces that her hips are big. The speaker expresses a big and strong attitude. I feel as if she is displaying a very sassy attitude. She knows that her hips are amazing, and no one is going to tell her any different. The speaker is very proud and outspoken. Some would call this a bold attitude, because everyone else is so timid about their