... important to Angelou in her childhood. She is explaining to one of her peers that she has the best parents and the best toys(Angelou 65). There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. The two most obvious ones are slang and repetition. The phrases "Ain't nobody better's my daddy", "Ain't nothing prettier"n my dollie", and "No lady cookinger than ... she associates him with his father. This poem is one of Angelou's more difficult works to understand (Angelou 18). This poem doesn't have a lot of literary devices. The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABABCDED. Angelou uses literary de...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... how she fulfills her goal of making the reader feel as if they were with her as she grew up. Angelou's writing style is descriptive and colorful; she uses many literary devices to emphasize scenes and conversations that show the development of her character. For example: Characterization " when she was called upon to sing, she seemed to pull out plugs from behind ... , the writing of the novels is very different. I believe that Maya Angelou was a much better writer than the author of Farewell to Manzanar. She wrote with more symbolization, color, and literary techniques, such as similes....

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School