"Woman Work" by Maya Angelou
Themes
Poetic techniques
Anaphora
Rhymes
"I got shirts to press, The tots to press"
"The floor to mop, The food to shop"
"The clothes to mend, The floor to mop, The food to shop
The lot to dress, the cane to be cut
Alliteration
"Star shine on me"
Slavery
"cane to be cut"
Cover me in cold icy kisses
Household Work
"And the cotton to pick"
"Gotta clean up this hut"
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The baby to dry
Then the chicken to fry
the house to clean
Ive got shirts to press
the clothes to wash
Imagry
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