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Summary Phenomenal woman IEB 2024
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Extraordinary or stunningwoman
Phenomenal
woman
by Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014)
1. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
The “pretty women” do not understand why the speaker is found
beautiful as she isn’t “cute” or a fashion model’s size. These
words are typical words used to describe the stereotypical
2. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
beauty of women.
Her secret? Her confidence she displays through her womanhood by embracing h
body.
3. But when I start to tell them,
4. They think I’m telling lies.
5. I say,
6. It’s in the reach of my arms,
How she carries herself is what
7. The span of my hips, makes her beautiful and
attractive.
The women do not believe her
8. The stride of my step, and might even be jealous as
they cannot see past what
society deems beautiful.
9. The curl of my lips.
, 10. I’m a woman
11. Phenomenally.Phenomenal = this adjective
means remarkable or
exceptional. It is very
emotive.
12. Phenomenal woman,
She uses the personal pronoun as extra emphasis for the value she places on
herself.
13. That’s me.
Stanza 1 notes:
The repitition emphasises her extraordinary beauty. It acts as a refrain that
expresses the speaker’s inner happiness at being a remarkable woman
14. I walk into a room
reiterates the confidence with which she walks into a room.
15. Just as cool as you please,
16. And to a man,
17. The fellows stand or
Immediately the men are drawn to her: they
acknowledge her by standing up or in line 18 “fall
down on their knees”.
18. Fall down on their knees.
19. Then they swarm around me,
Metaphor where the men are described as bees being
attracted to honey. Hyperbole is used to describe the
exaggerated number of men who fawn over her. This
20. A hive of honey bees. isn’t meant arrogantly but rather to empower other
women.
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