In the poem "Sympathy" he cries out against the feeling of slavery. ... The poem "Sympathy" is a poem of Negro man telling how he feels when he is freed from slavery. ... The most famous line "I know what the caged bird feels", tells us what the poem is basically about, that Dunbar knows how it feels to be imprisoned and not be able to so as you please. ... After his work "Sympathy" he grew as a poet because of his famous line " I know why the caged bird sings" brought out a sense of understanding. ... I think his life, as a slave, is what made him such a famous poet. ...

• Word Count: 1623
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Some of her works such as poems are even considered to be autobiographical kind of poems. ... For instance, her famous poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings inspired many women to embrace their talents in writing. ... Angelou's poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a significant poem that presents her writing style through the unique stylistic details that reflect on themes and action. ... From the review of Angelou's works including the poem I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, it is clear that she followed the most significant rules of writing a poem. ... Despite the r...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wheatley cites in her poetry other people that were also famous for their fights for freedom. For example, in Wheatley's Poems she concludes with an invocation to Terence. ... Wheatley parallels her own being with the structure of the poem. ... In addition to using other famous abolitionists and the technique of a double voice, Phillis Wheatley's poetry is filled with references and hidden meanings. Her 1772 famous letter, "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for North-America, Etc." is evidence of this. ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many famous people began their writing and gained recognition during that time. ... Many of his poems are children's poems. ... He did not only write poetry, but that is what made him famous. ... This is a positive poem. ... In his poem "I, Too sing America" one of his most powerful and best-known poems, Hughes talked about the racial issues in America. ...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Langston Hughes is one of most famous writers of the Harlem Renaissance. ... "Mother to Son" is one of his earliest poems; he is only 21 when he creates this beautiful tribute to his ancestry. ... The poem places the reader in the position of the son, listening to his mother draw lessons from her life that can be applied to his own. ... The title of the poem sets the stage of a mother getting ready to give her son advice. ... This is the principal statement of the poem and introduces the metaphor. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5

When he passed away, she went to write a poem dedicated to him called The Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the poems inside Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgment. One famous African-American writer that she was friends with and who also had an impact on her writing was James Baldwin. ... One of her most famous collection of essays is bound into one book entitled Sacred Cows and other Edibles. ... One such book is Blues For All The Changes: New Poems. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Walker proves her argument through various different types of evidence, including poems and personal. ... And yet, it is to my mother "and all our mothers who were not famous "that I went in search of the secret of what has fed that muzzled and often mutilated, but vibrant, creative spirit that the black woman has inherited, and that pops out in wild and unlikely places to this day. ... In the midst of all the crazy sporadic evidence you would see that Walker uses a poem by Okot p'Bitek. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Walker says, "I believe that it was from this period, from my solitary, lonely position, the position of an out cast that I began to really see people and things, really to notice relationships and to learn to be patient enough to care about how they turned out I retreated into solitude, and read stories and began to write poems" (Alice 1). ... Throughout her life Walker went on to write many more books and win lots of awards, especially for her most famous book, The Color Purple. ... Shug Avery a famous singer who is beautiful, confident, and very kind. ...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the play, Hansberry also expands the idea of Langston Hughes's famous 1951 poem "Harlem " by showing the deferred dreams of people like the main family in the play, dreams that should not be allowed to dry up. ...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography