Alone
by Maya Angelou
Well I was lying, thinking, last night,
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty,
and bread loaf is not stone
Well, I came up with one thing,
and I don't believe that I'm wrong:
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Well, there are some millionaires
With money they can't use,
Their wives run around like banshees,
And their children, they're singing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure they're hearts of stone,
But nobody, no nobody, can make it alone
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Now if you listen closely, I'll tell you what I know,
Storm clouds are gathering,the wind is gonna blow.
The race of man is suffering, and I can hear the moan,
But nobody, no nobody, can make it alone.
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Maya Angelou in her poem Alone conveys really deep feelings about the necessity the human being has to coexist with others of his own kind. Maya Angelou is an Afro-American poet, author, and playwright. She was an essential figure in the American Civil Rights Movement as she fought for the rights of women and Afro-American citizens. Through her poems she is able to portray her own life as a dark-skinned woman living in a racist and sexist society. Angelou’s poetry depicts strong feeling of sorrow, imprisonment, abandonment, segregation, and prejudice.
The poem Alone encapsulates all these feelings previously named. Maya Angelou says that no one can exist unaccompanied, that no one is able to exist on his own since everyone has a necessity to coexist with other humans. Furthermore, she delineates that bad times are coming, that the human race is suffering and groaning since it is alone and has not learn to live in peace and harmony with each other. Moreover, she says that alone only feelings of agony, loneliness, suffering, and hopelessness may exist. On the other hand, when humans coexist, sentiments of amity and well being prevail.
I selected this poem because I consider that it was a really deep and profound meaning that can be represented through any mean. Furthermore I believe that loneliness is a theme that could be interpreted in several different ways depending on each person circumstance. Therefore, I think this could be very interesting poem to interpret and represent through an architectural model due to the strong imagery it contains. The imagery its bolded throughout the poem and this allowes the reader to have a clearer image of what the author is trying to convey.
by Maya Angelou
Well I was lying, thinking, last night,
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty,
and bread loaf is not stone
Well, I came up with one thing,
and I don't believe that I'm wrong:
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Well, there are some millionaires
With money they can't use,
Their wives run around like banshees,
And their children, they're singing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure they're hearts of stone,
But nobody, no nobody, can make it alone
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Now if you listen closely, I'll tell you what I know,
Storm clouds are gathering,the wind is gonna blow.
The race of man is suffering, and I can hear the moan,
But nobody, no nobody, can make it alone.
Alone, all alone,
Nobody can make it out here alone
Nobody can make it out here alone
Maya Angelou in her poem Alone conveys really deep feelings about the necessity the human being has to coexist with others of his own kind. Maya Angelou is an Afro-American poet, author, and playwright. She was an essential figure in the American Civil Rights Movement as she fought for the rights of women and Afro-American citizens. Through her poems she is able to portray her own life as a dark-skinned woman living in a racist and sexist society. Angelou’s poetry depicts strong feeling of sorrow, imprisonment, abandonment, segregation, and prejudice.
The poem Alone encapsulates all these feelings previously named. Maya Angelou says that no one can exist unaccompanied, that no one is able to exist on his own since everyone has a necessity to coexist with other humans. Furthermore, she delineates that bad times are coming, that the human race is suffering and groaning since it is alone and has not learn to live in peace and harmony with each other. Moreover, she says that alone only feelings of agony, loneliness, suffering, and hopelessness may exist. On the other hand, when humans coexist, sentiments of amity and well being prevail.
I selected this poem because I consider that it was a really deep and profound meaning that can be represented through any mean. Furthermore I believe that loneliness is a theme that could be interpreted in several different ways depending on each person circumstance. Therefore, I think this could be very interesting poem to interpret and represent through an architectural model due to the strong imagery it contains. The imagery its bolded throughout the poem and this allowes the reader to have a clearer image of what the author is trying to convey.
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