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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
literally the only poetry collection that kept my interest for most of it, very accessible language also!
inspiring
medium-paced
Poems
3.75/5 stars
Rating a compilation of poems is much like rating a compilation of short stories, there's gonna be ones that you love, and ones that you don't care for. It was 50/50 for me.
My favorite of them obviously being Still I Rise
But I also quite enjoyed
The Detached
To a Freedom Fighter
My Guilt
Remembrance
Phenomenal Woman
On Aging
Impeccable Conception, and
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
This is the first thing I've read of her and her writing style reminded me of Eric Jerome Dickey. She's pretty raunchy and whichever poems weren't about sex, tended to be about race.
I think my problem was that since this was a checkout from a library, I tried to read it straight through so some tended to bend. I feel like if I had just read a few poems here and there, I would've appreciated each one individually better.
3.75/5 stars
Rating a compilation of poems is much like rating a compilation of short stories, there's gonna be ones that you love, and ones that you don't care for. It was 50/50 for me.
My favorite of them obviously being Still I Rise
But I also quite enjoyed
The Detached
To a Freedom Fighter
My Guilt
Remembrance
Phenomenal Woman
On Aging
Impeccable Conception, and
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
This is the first thing I've read of her and her writing style reminded me of Eric Jerome Dickey. She's pretty raunchy and whichever poems weren't about sex, tended to be about race.
I think my problem was that since this was a checkout from a library, I tried to read it straight through so some tended to bend. I feel like if I had just read a few poems here and there, I would've appreciated each one individually better.
If Maya Angelou doesn't count as a "Classic Poet," she should.
challenging
emotional
reflective
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Angelou’s poetry is rich with her voice, and reads rhythmically and song-like. The alliteration is noteworthy, and every word has a purpose in every poem. Some favorites included “Prescience”, “Impeccable Conception”, “Prelude to a Parting”, and “Wonder”, among many others.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
dark
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
sad