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Cynt Marie
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The poem describes Africa as a beautiful woman who has endured great hardship. In the first stanza, Africa is portrayed as an innocent woman with golden feet and tears like the Nile River. However, in the second stanza invaders arrive, enslaving and stealing Africa's sons and daughters. Though Africa was oppressed, the third stanza asserts that she is now rising up and striding forward despite her painful past.

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By Mary Angelou Prepared by: Students PPISMP TESL SK(2) [sem 1], June 2011 intake IPG, Kampus Gaya, Kota Kinabalu
Summary (Poem) In the first lines of the poem, Africa is portrayed as a complex pretty woman Things take turn in stanza 2 where it tells that Africa is invaded In stanza 3, Africa starts to rise
Stanza 1 : Summary Line 1 Thus she had lain -start off innocently Lines 2-6 -this isnt any old woman Sugarcane sweet - describe Africa as a woman Deserts her hair Golden her feet Mountain her breast Two Niles her tears
Lines 7-8 Thus she has lain - repeating the first line (with a change from had to has)as she wraps up the first stanza allows Angelou to emphasize the passivity of this image . Black through the years
Stanza 2 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Lines 9-10 white forms a contrast to the Over the white seas black which shows that problems Rime white and cold are occuring in the horizon Lines 11-12 brigands(boat) that arrive on the Brigands ungentled African continent to carry slaves to Icicle bold the New World. Icicle like shows the cold quality of their arrivals
Lines 13-14 Took her young daughters Shows the kidnapping and enslavements of millions of Sold her strong sons Africans Lines 15-16 Churced her with Jesus Sense of violent action inflicted Bled her with guns upon Africa. Jesus and guns- the speaker sees the two as harmful in the same way
Line 17 Thus she has lain The speaker could be noting her frustration at the fact that Africa seems to keep taking all the hits that the rest of the world is throwing its way.
Stanza 3 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Line 18-23 Tells us about now. Now she is rising The speaker wants the reader Remember her pain to remember everything that Remember the losses Africa has suffered. Her screams loud and vain This stanza also tells us that Remember her riches things are changing. In the Her history slain past, Africa, once sat passively and did nothing as generation were captured and slaughtered. But, thats all over now.
Stanza 3 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Line 24-25 Now, Africa is moving and Now she is striding doing things despite its Although she has lain long history of silent victimhood. Its a new era, folks, and its one that the speaker is pretty happy about it.
thank you for your attention.^_^

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  • 1. By Mary Angelou Prepared by: Students PPISMP TESL SK(2) [sem 1], June 2011 intake IPG, Kampus Gaya, Kota Kinabalu
  • 2. Summary (Poem) In the first lines of the poem, Africa is portrayed as a complex pretty woman Things take turn in stanza 2 where it tells that Africa is invaded In stanza 3, Africa starts to rise
  • 3. Stanza 1 : Summary Line 1 Thus she had lain -start off innocently Lines 2-6 -this isnt any old woman Sugarcane sweet - describe Africa as a woman Deserts her hair Golden her feet Mountain her breast Two Niles her tears
  • 4. Lines 7-8 Thus she has lain - repeating the first line (with a change from had to has)as she wraps up the first stanza allows Angelou to emphasize the passivity of this image . Black through the years
  • 5. Stanza 2 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Lines 9-10 white forms a contrast to the Over the white seas black which shows that problems Rime white and cold are occuring in the horizon Lines 11-12 brigands(boat) that arrive on the Brigands ungentled African continent to carry slaves to Icicle bold the New World. Icicle like shows the cold quality of their arrivals
  • 6. Lines 13-14 Took her young daughters Shows the kidnapping and enslavements of millions of Sold her strong sons Africans Lines 15-16 Churced her with Jesus Sense of violent action inflicted Bled her with guns upon Africa. Jesus and guns- the speaker sees the two as harmful in the same way
  • 7. Line 17 Thus she has lain The speaker could be noting her frustration at the fact that Africa seems to keep taking all the hits that the rest of the world is throwing its way.
  • 8. Stanza 3 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Line 18-23 Tells us about now. Now she is rising The speaker wants the reader Remember her pain to remember everything that Remember the losses Africa has suffered. Her screams loud and vain This stanza also tells us that Remember her riches things are changing. In the Her history slain past, Africa, once sat passively and did nothing as generation were captured and slaughtered. But, thats all over now.
  • 9. Stanza 3 : Paraphrase Poem Paraphrase Line 24-25 Now, Africa is moving and Now she is striding doing things despite its Although she has lain long history of silent victimhood. Its a new era, folks, and its one that the speaker is pretty happy about it.
  • 10. thank you for your attention.^_^