What does the poem 'equality' by Maya Angelou mean? What meaning does it have towards equality?
2007-11-13 14:54:23 · 3 answers · asked by rainbow fun 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
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Equality, is an important concern in the world today. "Women, chidren, men, Take it into the palms of your hands..." (stanza 8) Our society can be a loving one with equality for men, women, blacks, and whites. Rich or poor we all have the same opportunities in our country. No matter when in history we all appear. People think that people that are not like them come from other planets, but we are all members of this planet. No matter how strange we appear to be to others. "History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not to be lived again."(stanza 7) We learn from the past. The discrimination should not happen again, nor the inequality.
Maya was successful in relating her poem to diversity, change over time, and equality. She was a very talented writer, and this poem clearly is a contribution to today's Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#equality
2007-11-13 17:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Equality By Maya Angelou
2016-11-15 00:50:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually when help is requested one posts the poem rather than expect someone to follow a link.
2016-05-23 02:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋