"Perhaps now it<br /> would be better to give up seeking for the<br /> truth, and receiving on one’s head an<br /> avalanche of opinion hot as lava, discoloured<br /> as dish-water." This use of these simile's paint an angry & vivid image
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This simile paints an angry & vivid image
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I walk into a room Just as cool as you please,
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When you see me passing, It ought to make you proud.
I think she's speaking to women specifically in this line
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from And Still I Rise
!- "And still I Rise" is the collection of poems that *Phenomenal Woman * was pulled from. Looking at these 2 titles reveals a common theme of woman's empowerment & the fearlessness to take up space in any capacity
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Now you understand Just why my head’s not bowed
This goes into my previous point about her (Angelou) being confident in herself and everything that comes with it
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I’m a woman Phenomenally
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It’s in
The repeated use of "It's in..." & " It's the..." is poignant because while she's expressing others confusion and answering with her statements, she's making sure to point out & romanticize everything she is whilst building herself up. She IS NOT speaking negatively about herself or highlighting things she is NOT. this is something we as women do a lot--so often that it seems like second nature at some point
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