Angelou Archives - Essay Quoll

Analyze Maya Angelou’s purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance in her poem.

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Ambrose

Read the selections “My Guilt” by Maya Angelou and the autobiographical account of the life of Frederick Douglass. The poem written by Angelou reflects her guilt for not standing up for what she deems is a just cause, particularly the issue of Civil Rights. (Maya Angelou was a contemporary writer). Douglass gives his first-person account, […]

What is the poet saying or how is the poet expressing themselves that makes me feel this way?Discuss

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Ambrose

-how does this poem make me feel? -are there particular parts of the poem that stand out for me and why? -what is the poet saying or how is the poet expressing themselves that makes me feel this way? -are there other ways that someone else might interpret the poem? -what are the details in […]