Maya Angelou
Where did Maya Angelou grow up?
St. Louis Missouri
Name three careers Maya Angelou took part in?
Dancer, Writer, Activist, and Singer
What are common themes in her writing?
Common themes are discrimination, slavery, and isolation.
Describe how Maya Angelou is an American Poet.
She was heavily influenced by the American Civil Rights Movement and discussed themes that many African Americans or their families faced.
How does she use POV in her poems?
She uses second person to make the reader feel her experiences and the emotion that comes within the poem.
Uses first person to show how emotions of loneliness relate to her within the poem.