Poetry Response 2

I can relate to the poem " Still I Rise", By Maya Angelou because I have asked myself the same questions that are in the poem. I can understand what it is that poet is trying to so because of the questions that are in the poem. In the poem, one question that caught my eye was ,"Does my sadness upset you?" The reason why that question had caught my eye was because I remembered someone asking me that question many times. I remember that I would always ask them many different questions, kind of like the ones that are in the poems. They would all get very happy whenever I had asked those questions although I don't know why?

Poetry Response 2

Friend and Lover Theme

The theme to my poem, Friend and Lover is that when you need help they will always be there for you no matter what. Just like my friends they are always there for me and always help me whenever I'm down or when I have to get something off of my chest. They are the ones that I can always turn to every time. My friends are the best I could ever have.

Poetry Theme

In the poem," Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou, the theme is try try and try again until you succeed.
The reason why I say that is the theme because the poem is saying many things there that can be understood by girls that ask these kinds of questions. I can relate to this theme because whenever I want to try something and I fail, all I do is try try and try again until I get it right.

Poetry Response to "I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

I can infer that the poet understands how some people feel when they are trapped inside and have absolutely no freedom!

The word that best describes how the poet feels sad. I say that the word to describe the poet is sad because maybe she may have had a time when that have happened to her. The line from the poem,"The caged bird with a fearful thrill," shows that the person that she might be talking about is that the person can see other people having fun outside while he/she is stuck inside. The message of the poem is, "Freedom is better than being stuck doing other things." I can connect with the poem because my friend had an experience like that before when her mother wouldn't let her go anywhere and kept her in her house taking care of her little sisters.