She can speak English, French, Spanish, Italian, and West African Fanti. ... A third and final poem of Angelou's is " Avec Merci, Mother" ("avec" means "with" in French). ... Sometimes it is hard to follow what she is saying unless the story about her life is known. ...
The maid says "All day I think of her " concluding with saying "her rope ". ... "Picture her dancing with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her french perfume, her milky stones " (10-12). ... The author also appeals to the scent of smell when the maid says "puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her french perfume, her milky stones " (11-12). ...
In that city he became fascinated with the French language. Many of his poems contain words of French derivation. ... His concluding comments again return to thoughts about music, saying that "the strongest and sweetest songs remain yet to be sung". ...
First, 'l(a' contains both the number 1 and the singular indefinite article, 'a'; the second line contains the French singular definite article, 'le'; 'll' on the fifth line represents two ones; 'one' on the 7th line spells the number out; the 8th line, 'l', isolates the number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the "one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). ... , which seems to be saying that something deserving that ex...
First, 'l(a' contains both the number 1 and the singular indefinite article, 'a'; the second line contains the French singular definite article, 'le'; 'll' on the fifth line represents two ones; 'one' on the 7th line spells the number out; the 8th line, 'l', isolates the number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the "one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). ... , which seems to be saying that something deserving that ex...
