Warsan Shire’s “For women who are difficult to love” is the most well-known poem because Beyoncé had adapted it into her album, Lemonade. Warsan Shire is a present- day poet whose poems have powerful words and the words are what women relate to. Beyoncé’s interpretation of “For women who are difficult to love” was about her husband cheating on her and it tells us about how Beyoncé’s husband might have tried to deny the allegations and made her feel guilty about her expectation from the relationship. Shire’s poem, “for women who are difficult to love”, points out the different expectations that two partners or even different sexes have about what they want from a relationship. This poem talks about the struggle of particularly women trying
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Shire talks about her failed relationship. She refers to herself in second person. These are very personal lines with which the audience can connect to without having experienced a failed relationship themselves or even a cheating partner. These lines describe the attempt to fix a falling relationship. Deep down one knows that their partner is cheating on them or maybe one of them has fallen out of love. Despite, one still keeps on trying to recapture the love and bring it back even when it is obvious that the other partner wants to be out of it. It is hard to let go but you just need to accept …show more content…
Social media has played a huge part in her career since her fans connect to her on an intimate level and resonate with her poetry. Whereas, this was not the case back in 50s. In the past, African Americans have been oppressed but, women had it worse because of being a “woman” too. “In the 1920s, Harlem Renaissance empowered the blacks’ art and literature and celebrated black culture, but it rarely did elevate the conditions of the black women. Black women poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Zora Neal Hurston, Nella Larsen, Angelina Weld Grimke, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Gwendolyn B Bennett, Ethel Caution-Davis, Carrie Williams Clifford, Anita Scott Coleman,…Sarah Lee Brown Fleming, Edythe Mae Gordon, Naomi Long Madgett, Mari Evans, Clara Ann Thompson, Lucy Mae Turner, Lucy Ariel Williams, and Octavia B Wynbush, despite facing sexism and racism, worked with integrity to eliminate these inequities, challenge the biased society” (Kumari et al. 70). Many minds have changed and accept people of all races, but some still remain narrow. In the article, “Emergence and Growth of African American Women’s Poetry” an African American woman talks about how black women go through a dark phase and come as a strong survivor. Shire has too gone through the dark phase that a African woman encounters. The night before
Shire talks about her failed relationship. She refers to herself in second person. These are very personal lines with which the audience can connect to without having experienced a failed relationship themselves or even a cheating partner. These lines describe the attempt to fix a falling relationship. Deep down one knows that their partner is cheating on them or maybe one of them has fallen out of love. Despite, one still keeps on trying to recapture the love and bring it back even when it is obvious that the other partner wants to be out of it. It is hard to let go but you just need to accept …show more content…
Social media has played a huge part in her career since her fans connect to her on an intimate level and resonate with her poetry. Whereas, this was not the case back in 50s. In the past, African Americans have been oppressed but, women had it worse because of being a “woman” too. “In the 1920s, Harlem Renaissance empowered the blacks’ art and literature and celebrated black culture, but it rarely did elevate the conditions of the black women. Black women poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Zora Neal Hurston, Nella Larsen, Angelina Weld Grimke, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Gwendolyn B Bennett, Ethel Caution-Davis, Carrie Williams Clifford, Anita Scott Coleman,…Sarah Lee Brown Fleming, Edythe Mae Gordon, Naomi Long Madgett, Mari Evans, Clara Ann Thompson, Lucy Mae Turner, Lucy Ariel Williams, and Octavia B Wynbush, despite facing sexism and racism, worked with integrity to eliminate these inequities, challenge the biased society” (Kumari et al. 70). Many minds have changed and accept people of all races, but some still remain narrow. In the article, “Emergence and Growth of African American Women’s Poetry” an African American woman talks about how black women go through a dark phase and come as a strong survivor. Shire has too gone through the dark phase that a African woman encounters. The night before