Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in Missouri and grew up during a time of racial discrimination in the United States. She dealt with the harsh realities of racism and overcame obstacles through her studies in dance and drama. The poem "Phenomenal Woman" uses literary devices like rhyme, metaphor, and repetition to celebrate womanhood and encourage women to define themselves rather than be defined by others. Angelou died in 2014 at the age of 86.

2. M.Phil. English

4. .Maya Angelou was born on 4th april1928 in St. Louis Missouri.
.She grew up during a time of racism and discrimination.
.She dealt with the harsh realities of a racial society.
.As a teenager she won a scholarship to study dance and
drama.

7. . Persona
. Imagery
. Repetition
. Line length
. Personal pronoun
. Anaphora
. Musicality

15. .She died on 28th May
2014. when she died she
was 86 years old.

19. Rhyme
If you read it carefully, the rhymes definitely make
a difference to the overall sound and feel of the
poem, especially in the first six or seven lines of
each stanza. And at the end of each.
For example, just note the full end rhymes:
lies/size/lies and hips/lips
please/knees/bees/much/touch and me/mystery/s
ee plus smile/style/bowed/loud/proud and hair/
care.
In addition, each stanza has the perfect rhyme
of woman and the full rhyme Phenomenally/That's
me.

20. Metaphor
In the second stanza,
The fellows stand or
fall down on their knees
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
In the 2nd stanza the word “me” stands for Maya
Angelou, and Maya Angelou identifies herself a
hive of honey bees and the word “fellows” identifies
the bees who stand or fall down on their knees
around Maya Angelou and this one is the best
usage of metaphor in the stanza. She is seen a sort
of Queen bee, boys gather around her as bees

27. .Phenomenal woman is self-defining.
.Enjoy your womanhood.
.Do not let others to define you, you define yourself.

29. “Woman work” was first published in 1978.