Self Love Poem Analysis

“Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love” Philip Seymour Hoffman quotes. The authors present self-love in different ways, such as though pain, strength, and positive words. Self-love Self love is viewed as a journey and the authors present it in positive and negative ways, through cinematography, literature, and visual arts. The theme is portrayed in the song by showing how she went through an adventure of believing in herself and not letting anyone get in her way. India Arie explains in her song how she is expressing herself and how she feels comfortable with her natural hair. In her song, she uses certain words and movements, where you can tell she explores self-love. In the song, she says "Hey, I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations, no, I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within". She says that she doesn't need to meet people's expectations or be a certain way to be beautiful. Throughout many years people have been judged based on their skin colors, and they have to be a certain color to be beautiful, but those are just stereotypes. She also says " Does …show more content…
The poem explores the theme self-love, and how she shows confidence throughout each stanza. Maya says "You may tread me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.". She is saying that even with the disrespect that others are giving her, that she is showing resilience and strength. She writes "Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise, bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise". She addresses the white oppressors of black people, that a black woman can speak for herself, for other blacks, and even for her ancestors. The relates to self-love because she is encouraging herself that she doesn't need the white oppressors to bring her down, and fighting the negative