An introduction to Maya Angelou's distinctive voice: ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’
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I can explore Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' with a focus on the speaker's distinctive voice.
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Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet and civil rights activist.
Angelou's poems have a distinctive voice.
Figurative language, repetition and an assertive tone are three ways Angelou creates a distinctive voice in her work.
Arguably, the speaker in 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' is presented as assertive.
You could argue that the speaker in 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' is only pretending to be assertive.
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