[ SECRET POST #2874 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2874 ⌋

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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

I'm honestly reading this as a poem about confidence, not looks or sexuality but maybe that's me?

[(Anonymous)]

+100

[(Anonymous)]

'I am woman, hear me roar'. I've never read this poem before, but I like it. Personal empowerment, whatever its source, is a good thing.

[a_potato]

Nope, I think you're spot-on. Here's the last stanza:

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need for my care.
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

It's a poem about owning yourself, and about the power that stems from that. It's also a response to being told that you don't look or act the way you're "supposed" to.

[kallanda_lee]

Yes, I read it as having power from the way she carries herself, and how that confidence attracts attention and admiration.

[fingalsanteater]

Yeah, it's mostly about confidence and the power (sexual and otherwise) that can come with that confidence.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I thought that was a little dishonest of OP to only quote part of the poem. It's not that her power ONLY comes from the way men perceive her, but that is one facet of what makes her feel powerful.

[dreemyweird]

I can't agree. It's not about looks, that much is true, and it IS about confidence, but I also definitely see sexuality being the main theme or at least A main theme. "The fellows stand or fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, a hive of honey bees"? Nope, that's not just confidence.

[kallanda_lee]

I think there might be an element of sexuality in confidence, but that's different from it being specifically about sexual power - if that makes sense? It doesn't pretend sexuality doesn't exist, but I wouldn't call it the main theme of the poem. That being said, I read it here for the first time, and I'm no poetry expert.

[dreemyweird]

I see where you're coming from, though. I guess it could be read either way - depending on the general motifs characteristic of Angelou's poetry (which I am not terribly familiar with).

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! That's exactly what I thought too.

[(Anonymous)]

Not just you. OP completely misread the poem.