Phenomenal Woman, by Maya Angelou (Analysis)

If we read something about Maya Angelou, our minds maybe begin to build a great house full of ideas by her multifaceted personality. As a civil rights activist, Dr. Angelou work very close with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X. Her charisma and vision of the world makes her write poems like “Phenomenal Woman”, to remark the position of the woman, the place that she has to have on the society. The poem has many elements highlighting the value of a woman: a phenomenal woman.

Dr. Angelou’s poem is full of pent-up emotions. As a background voice, we have the author demonstrating to the lector that there is a woman that feels and have strong feelings. On the other side, the author is making a claim to acceptation and is expressed in a poem with a speech or advice background. By emphasizing with analogies, Maya Angelou express what every woman wants to feel, no matter how many imperfections can have, because everybody is beautiful inside and outside, no matter what anyone could say. The poem can be seeing as a guide to valorize ourselves.

The woman throughout history has live a lot of devaluations, by the man, to be exact. With her empower and solidarity remarking that we all are the same and worth the same, Angelou off the cravings to love ourselves. The power that Dr. Angelou continuously states on her poem is a mere ability to be powerful being confident. The main point is that the woman has to see herself as phenomenal, acting with confident. Every woman has to be successful no matter what could happen, and Maya Angelou states it in different ways.

To Sue's Dad...

Dear Mr. Sue’s Father

I’m here, thinking… Although I never imagined that I will write to you something because I don’t even know you, but all this events makes me do it. I really don’t know if it’s correct to call you father after what you do to your son and his life with the name Sue, excluding that event with the guns where he found you. No matter what happen before, I can get out from my mind the true meaning of that name, being thousands of names. Writing this makes me remember that punch on your face, and I want give to you a few too until my fingers hurts.

YYou know what? After analyzed all happened, I could say that the name Sue makes make your son feel almost proud. I was watching TV, a series called Glee, and there exist a Sue, but in a women role. Coach Sue Sylvester is amazing. She’s brave, without fear, and inspires this fear feeling to everyone. I think that maybe you name your son like that inspired in someone like coach Sylvester. I would appreciate if you answer me how you can do this.

I was searching some information about the name Sue, and all are based on a female. Damn! Well, what is not bad for the body maybe makes someone stronger. Let me know you as a dad. I want knew how you can be so different and similar at the same time. It’s not too difficult express about a feeling or a moment, I think. We can do this step by step, and maybe this will help you to discover a hidden part on you.

Nothing else to add,

Mr. Axel R. Casillas