This piece is my best work because I eliminated a lot of grammatical errors that I previously had. This particular poem was very short, but I was able to analyze it. I enjoyed focusing on the imagery to analyze this poem. This work had very little errors in it compared to my other essays. Analyzing this poem proved to me that my english is improving day by day.
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The poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni is about a woman and the man n her life. The woman wants things in life, but the man will not let her have what she wants. The author, Nikki Giovanni uses several poetic aspects in the poem. One aspect that she uses is imagery. The imagery in the poem “Woman” helps to describe the way that the man holds her back.
In the first stanza, the speaker describes how she wants to be a blade of grass. Then, her man would not be her dandelion. By using the words, “blade of grass amid the fields” (1-2), she describes how she wants to grow. She wants him to be the dandelion, so that he could stand by and support her while also allowing her to grow. By not agreeing to be the dandelion, he did not allow her to grow or support her.
In the second stanza, the poem reads “she wanted to be a robin singing through the leaves but he refused to be her tree” (5-8).The image of the robin makes the reader think of being free, and the robin singing symbolizes her being happy. She wants to be like a bird; free to go her own way and happy while she is doing it. Having the man as her tree means she has someone to come back to. He will not allow her to be the robin, while he is the tree. Instead, he will not be there for her to come home to.
The next stanza reads “She spun herself into a web and looking for a place to rest turned to him but he stood straight declining to be her corner” (14-17). The narrator compares herself to a spider. She spins herself into a web, which symbolizes her no longer being free. She becomes trapped and submissive like he wants her to be. Even though he traps her, he still refuses to be her place to rest.
Next, the speaker tries to open herself up to him and become a book. She tries to allow him to be a part of her life by letting him know everything about her. The man in the speaker’s life refuses to read the book. The fact that he refuses to read the book says he does not want to be a part of her life. She tries to accommodate him by being open with him, but he would not be open with her.
Another line of the poem reads “she turned herself into a bulb but he wouldn’t let her grow” (16-17). By her turning herself into a bulb, she becomes smaller person. She becomes smaller mentally, because he will not support her in any way that he can. By him not supporting he makes her fee like less of a woman. The narrator stating that he would not let her grow means the woman tries to make him understand what kind of effect his actions have taken upon her, but he refuses to see things from her point of view.
The last stanza states “she decided to become a woman and though he still refuses to be a man she decided it was all right” (18-23). In the end, she decides to become a woman, and not try to imitate all of the other things that she could not become. She finally realized that she can only be herself. Although she becomes a woman, he still refuses to become a man. He stays the same way that he always has been. He still refuses to support her and to let her be happy.
The ending of the poem can be seen two different ways. By the lines “and though he still refused to be a man she decided it was all right”(20-23), the reader can infer that the speaker decides to go on with her life without him, because he would not be a man. Perhaps she is okay with being alone and has finally realized that she does not need him in her life. Another way that the ending of the poem can be interpreted as her deciding to live with the fact that he was not going to help her. Then, she becomes a woman and tries to succeed on her own, with her goals in life.
The poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni uses imagery to describe the struggle of a woman and her man. The speaker compares herself to several different things. She always tries to be something she is not. In the end, she realizes she will have to become a woman and achieve her goals in life some way. The poem shows the reader what a woman is really worth; something more than just being behind a man.
Work Cited
Giovanni, Nikki. “Woman” . Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 8th ed. Ed.
Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2004. 1307-1406.
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The poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni is about a woman and the man n her life. The woman wants things in life, but the man will not let her have what she wants. The author, Nikki Giovanni uses several poetic aspects in the poem. One aspect that she uses is imagery. The imagery in the poem “Woman” helps to describe the way that the man holds her back.
In the first stanza, the speaker describes how she wants to be a blade of grass. Then, her man would not be her dandelion. By using the words, “blade of grass amid the fields” (1-2), she describes how she wants to grow. She wants him to be the dandelion, so that he could stand by and support her while also allowing her to grow. By not agreeing to be the dandelion, he did not allow her to grow or support her.
In the second stanza, the poem reads “she wanted to be a robin singing through the leaves but he refused to be her tree” (5-8).The image of the robin makes the reader think of being free, and the robin singing symbolizes her being happy. She wants to be like a bird; free to go her own way and happy while she is doing it. Having the man as her tree means she has someone to come back to. He will not allow her to be the robin, while he is the tree. Instead, he will not be there for her to come home to.
The next stanza reads “She spun herself into a web and looking for a place to rest turned to him but he stood straight declining to be her corner” (14-17). The narrator compares herself to a spider. She spins herself into a web, which symbolizes her no longer being free. She becomes trapped and submissive like he wants her to be. Even though he traps her, he still refuses to be her place to rest.
Next, the speaker tries to open herself up to him and become a book. She tries to allow him to be a part of her life by letting him know everything about her. The man in the speaker’s life refuses to read the book. The fact that he refuses to read the book says he does not want to be a part of her life. She tries to accommodate him by being open with him, but he would not be open with her.
Another line of the poem reads “she turned herself into a bulb but he wouldn’t let her grow” (16-17). By her turning herself into a bulb, she becomes smaller person. She becomes smaller mentally, because he will not support her in any way that he can. By him not supporting he makes her fee like less of a woman. The narrator stating that he would not let her grow means the woman tries to make him understand what kind of effect his actions have taken upon her, but he refuses to see things from her point of view.
The last stanza states “she decided to become a woman and though he still refuses to be a man she decided it was all right” (18-23). In the end, she decides to become a woman, and not try to imitate all of the other things that she could not become. She finally realized that she can only be herself. Although she becomes a woman, he still refuses to become a man. He stays the same way that he always has been. He still refuses to support her and to let her be happy.
The ending of the poem can be seen two different ways. By the lines “and though he still refused to be a man she decided it was all right”(20-23), the reader can infer that the speaker decides to go on with her life without him, because he would not be a man. Perhaps she is okay with being alone and has finally realized that she does not need him in her life. Another way that the ending of the poem can be interpreted as her deciding to live with the fact that he was not going to help her. Then, she becomes a woman and tries to succeed on her own, with her goals in life.
The poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni uses imagery to describe the struggle of a woman and her man. The speaker compares herself to several different things. She always tries to be something she is not. In the end, she realizes she will have to become a woman and achieve her goals in life some way. The poem shows the reader what a woman is really worth; something more than just being behind a man.
Work Cited
Giovanni, Nikki. “Woman” . Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 8th ed. Ed.
Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2004. 1307-1406.
6 comments:
I like your analisis
I like your analisis
the sixth para of yours, in which you quoted the line 'she turned herself into a bulb but he wouldn't allow to glow' instead of grow !
else, it is a fair analysis.
it helped me to prepare for the xam
These are metaphors, not imagery
Bulb here described is not actually ��, which is an electrical equipment that imparts light . But bulb, that of a plant , like bud. Therefore it cant glow but grow
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