Literature's representation of Maya AngelouPoetry is music for the voice Maya Angelou’s poetry complements her search for self-identity as an African American woman. Angelou’s childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, merges with the Southern slave experience of her African American ancestors, thus manifesting an eloquent and sentimental compilation of beauty. Through the composition of her poetry, Maya is able to identify and establish herself. It is through Angelou's concoction of literature that she is successful is liberating herself. Her poetry represents her as an individual, dignified in words and actions, fuelled by her spirit and nourished by soul. |