This piece was my greatest challenge because it was the last essay. The end of the semester came so fast! I was nervous about this one because I didn't do well on my last essay and I felt so much pressure. I lost sight of what it means to write an essay. I just had to keep in mind that I needed to convey to my reader what I thought the poem meant through my eyes.
Alkeisha Davis
Ms. Evelyn Beck
English 102
26 April, 2006
A story of unrequited love
In the poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni, she poetically articulates a well known phenomenon of loving someone who does not love you back. Giovanni uses a third person voice to articulate a female’s plight of bearing her soul to a man who does not reciprocate her love. Giovanni is able to move the reader descriptively through five stanzas of symbolic portrayal of the f In the poem “Woman” by Nikki Giovanni, she poetically articulates a well known phenomenon of loving someone who does not love you back. Giovanni uses a third person voice to articulate a female’s plight of bearing her soul to a man who does not reciprocate her love. Giovanni is able to move the reader descriptively through five stanzas of symbolic portrayal of the female’s love interest lack of support. Finally the author closes the poem by showing the girl’s transformation into womanhood as she acknowledges her role as a participant rather than a victim of unrequited love.
The author begins the poem by revealing to the reader that this female is in a relationship that is unfulfilling. The author articulates” she wanted to be a blade of grass amid the fields but he wouldn’t agree to be her dandelion” (1-4). Maybe this was a secret love and she wanted it to be out in the open. By voicing that the male wouldn’t agree discord is revealed in their relationship. Giovanni is purposely unclear regarding what the particular dilemma is in this relationship but, she does a wonderful job of engaging the reader so that anyone can relate to her.
Next the author continues to disclose her feelings of disappointment in this man. In the second stanza the author states” she wanted to be a robin singing through the leav
