Exploring Maya Angelou's 'On Aging'
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I can explore Maya Angelou's 'On Aging', with a focus on how she creates a complex voice through her poetic structures.
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'On Aging' was first published in Maya Angelou's 1978 collection of poems, 'And Still I Rise'.
In 'On Aging', the speaker admits that she has many of the stereotypical signs of aging in a self-deprecating way.
Although the speaker admits to getting older, she rejects sympathy and help.
Angelou's use of commands and her sentence structures help create a defiant voice.
Arguably, the poem has a wider message about not judging others by their age or appearance.
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