LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:8 August 2014
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Maya Angelou: A Multi-faceted Poet

Deepa Bavanasi
M.A., M. Phil, Ph.D. Research Scholar


Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

Abstract

This Paper describes, Maya Angelou as a poet of the Multi-faceted personality by dealing especially with her poetical themes. It is the lyrical witness of racism in the U.S. A phenomenal woman has just passed into history where she will illuminate its pages as she did with countless people whose lives she touched with her incandescent words in her poetry.

Keywords: Affection, afflict, bigotry, cons, facets, feminist, humanitarian, incandescent, inconstant, prostitute and suffocation.

Introduction

Maya Angelou (1928-2014), hailed as one of the best known black writers in the United States, has to her credit several volumes of poetry. These volumes address social and political issues relevant to African-Americans and challenge the validity of traditional American values and myths. Her poems are both social and confessional, in nature. She was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson. She died on 28th May, 2014 (Wednesday) at the age of 86. She lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ex. President Bill Clinton’s inauguration, Angelou recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning (1993) and President Obama honoured her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest Civilian honour in 2011. Obama called her “One of the brightest lights of our time: a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman”.

Angelou is best known for her autobiographies. She has five autobiographical works to her credit. They recapture her subjective experiences, her spiritual growth and awareness. They demonstrate, at the same time her personal experiences too. This paper only argues about her poetry.

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