How Their Life Influenced Their Poetry

Maya Angelous poetry was influenced by the many things that Maya did and had bygone by in her life. Mayas depressing and sad childhood likewise influenced her by creating inspiring poems. Maya had gone finished a bulk in her in her life when she was young. This helped her write her thoughtful and interesting poems. A poem that was influenced by Mayas life is Still I Rise. Slavery, racism, and discrimination in the poets life influenced this poem. going away behind nights of terrors and fears I rise.Bringing the gift that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and hope of the slaves. This quote shows you that Maya had a bad time in her life. Maya when she was younger was sent back up to live with her mother after her p arents divorce and was rapped by her mothers boyfriend. Several of Mayas uncles murdered her mothers boyfriend and after this catastrophe Maya didnt talk much. What helped her escape that loneliness and depressing life was writing poetry. Maya would express her feeli ngs all into a portion of paper and make it into poetry.Thats what helped Maya rise. Still I Rise is a great poem. It shows how strong and queer she was. Angelou wrote this poem expressing that pile net say or do what ever they want still you are still going to rise. In other words people can try to hurt you but if youre proud of your self and proud of whom you are then that will help people back off because they know and can sense that nothing can bring you down. A poem called Our Grandmothers is also a poem that was really influenced by discrimination and racism in Mayas life.Angelou used to be discriminated because of her colorize and race. Being separated from her mother at such a young age and with a lot of racism going around at that time influenced Maya to write Our Grandmothers. In the poem a fair sex named Momma is going to be sold by the master away from her children. But Momma tells her children to be strong and say I shall not be moved. My opinion is that the them e of the poem is that no matter who you are, where you come from, or what color or religious you are you are all the same.Everyone is uncomparable and special in their own way. Just because youre a different color then somebody else it doesnt mean that you have to mistreat or be mean to them. Last but not least is Phenomenal. This poem was influenced by her confidence in life. Now you understand just wherefore my heads not bowed, I wear offt shout or jump well-nigh or have to talk real loud, when you see me passing it ought to make you proud. This means that you dont have to act all crazy, dress up, act up or anything just for people to notice. You should be cocksure and just be yourself.Being confident will help you get far in life. For example Maya is very confident and she has done a lot of great things in her life. Being confident and being who she is not acting like someone else helped her achieve it. When Maya Angelou was younger, she loved to release in her grandmothers store. She loved everything about it and working in the store is what practically made her such a hard worker. Since she was used to working so hard in the store when she grew up most of the things were largely a piece of cake for her because she was used to it.Also because of Mayas hard work, Maya has achieved a lot of great things in her life. in particular maintaining a baby at a young age by her self before she blush graduated from high school. Maya has reached a lot of goals and has accomplished a lot of her dreams because of all the hard work she has done. Maya Angelou is a very lucky woman. She has had an probability to become famous and publish her poems into a book. Maya even had the opportunity to write a poem for Clinton who asked her to write one just for the occasion.Maya is an African- American woman that people can learn a lot from. Maya Angelou is a very phenomenal and intelligent woman. All of these poems were influenced by Mayas life. Maya has been through out a lot in her life. She is such an incredible poet and woman. Shes so elegant and intelligent. Her password is also what helped her be everything she was and is today. Maya is the poet I chose because of the way she expresses herself in her poems also because of the way Maya makes her poetry sound so interesting and understandable. Throughout her life, she influenced her poems.