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“She decided to be a woman and though/ and though he still refused to be a man. She decides it was alright” (18-22). Poet, activist and writer Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. “After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967, she organized the Black Arts Festival in Cincinnati before entering graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University”. Nikki Giovanni poems are so inspiring, she encourages woman to chase their dreams, and not to rely on a man opinion. All of her poems all have the same message. Become your own person, she also makes us realize that it is okay for you to be on your own for a little while. Just so you could grow into the woman you want to become. …show more content…
Her unique and insightful poetry testifies to her own evolving awareness and experiences: from child to young woman, from naive college freshman to seasoned civil rights activist, from daughter to mother” (Home12). “When Giovanni was a young child, she moved with her parents from Knoxville to a predominantly black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio but remained close to her grandmother. Nikki was encouraged by several schoolteachers and enrolled early at Fisk University, a prestigious, all-black college in Nashville, Tennessee” (homes43). The poem Woman which is one of my favorite poems of hers, is basically about a typically relationship between a man and a woman. Where woman desires support he will not give her. All of Giovanni poems all have one message, which is to become more independent and be your own woman. Not to base your life around a man. In the poem it describes how the woman wants to be a blade of grass. Then, her man would not be her dandelion. By using the words, “blades of grass amid the fields”

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Nikki Giovanni: A Woman with Soul Franz Grillparzer, an Austrian writer once stated, “At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.” In 1968 when World War II was in full effect, one woman’s voice rang out clear. With this development, poetry grew to its truest level in terms of women’s genuine poetry. This time period paved the way for a female African American poet to show the world what poetry had been lacking. Yolande…

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Journal #3 Essay

yesterday… The poems, The Road not Taken by Robert Frost and Choices by Nikki Giovanni are very similar in many ways. However these two poems are as different as the sun is to the moon. For example, The Road not Taken is about a man trying to sort out his future. While on the other hand this African American female ,makes choices,yes, But she isn’t given as much opportunity; yet she makes the best of it. I relate to the poem The Road not Taken because unlike the piece Nikki Giovanni wrote, I’m…

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An Analysis Of Nikki Giovanni's Poetry

Keisha Philemy ENC1102 11:15-12:30 Independent Poet, activist and writer Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967, resulting in her organizing the Black Arts Festival in Cincinnati before entering graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. One of her quotes that speaks to me is something I am currently trying to improve because…

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Ego Tripping

The poem, “Ego Tripping: there may be a reason why” by Nikki Giovanni compressed a description of the ego of the Earth within only 51 lines of poetry. Giovanni wrote this poem to express to those who appreciate the beauty of Earth were it came from. Giovanni’s inclusion of certain words and phrases all play a purpose in expressing her message of the beauty of Earth. In the poem, “Ego Tripping”, Nikki Giovanni emphasizes the use of lower ego by purposely including the use lower case letters to describe…

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Choices By Nikki Giovanni Analysis

In the poem "Choices" by Nikki Giovanni, she standardizes being African American, separation, and being an odd one out to society. Giovanni uses education gadgets and imagery all through the lyric to presentations how she changes being forceful to how she is dealt with, being as she is a dark lady, tolerating what she is, and how she acknowledges her and learns be thankful for what she needs to exceed the terrible that she is accepting. "Choices" was composed by Nikki Giovanni, conceived in Knoxville…

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Nikki Giovanni's 'Ego Tripping'

The Speaker The speaker directs the poem and appears to be Nikki Giovanni in each poem. Giovanni is a renown American poet who became popular during the 1960s and 1970s, regarding the Civil Rights Movement. Her poetry reveals the highs and lows of the African-American experience with vividness and simplistic sophistication. Besides publishing poetry, Giovanni has published several literary works of nonfiction and children's literature, etc. Furthermore, she has lectured at multiple universities…

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Biography Of Nikki Giovanni

Name: Nikki Giovanni Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee Family history: her family is best known for their poetry The school Nikki Giovanni attended was she was young is St .Simons school where she completed 5th 6th 7th 8th grade. Her father was telling her that she won’t be any thing when she was growing up. The only one to believe in her was her mother. She had to fight against publish her first book . She won noble peace prize for best known book writer in April 5,2008.…

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Essay about Literary Classic

easy to say you love someone, but it is almost an indescribable feeling. However, writer Nikki Giovanni does a great job of putting you in the time and space of love. She allows she to see the physical aspects of love as wells and feel the depth of the emotion. This poem gives away the simplicity of our actions for the ones we love. Love is an abstract word and seems nearly impossibles to define. This poem uses imagery to show how it feels to be in love. For instance, the author talks about the…

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Love In A Place Poem Analysis

Love in a Place English 125 Angela Mullennix November 23, 14 In the poem, “Love in a Place”, it seems as if the author, Nikki Giovanni questions her experience of love. She uses an almost humorous approach to this question that she has for herself. To me, it seems as if she is speaking to herself about a time long gone. She speaks to her young self and tries to question whether she was ever in love. It also seems as if she could also be speaking to an old lover. I got this clue from her…

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