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  2. Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women - Wikipedia

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    Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women is a book of poems by Maya Angelou, published in 1995. [1] The poems in this short volume were published in Angelou's previous volumes of poetry. "Phenomenal Woman," "Still I Rise," and "Our Grandmothers" appeared in And Still I Rise (1978) and "Weekend Glory" appeared in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing ...

  3. The Female of the Species (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Kipling begins the poem by illustrating the greater deadliness of female bears and cobras compared to their male counterparts, and by stating that early Jesuit missionaries to North America were more frightened of Native women than male warriors. He continues by giving his thoughts on how male and female humans differ and why the female "must ...

  4. The Female Advocate - Wikipedia

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    The Female Advocate takes John Duncombe's The Feminead: or, female genius. A poem (1754) as its inspiration. Scott expresses gratitude and admiration for Duncombe, then justifies her own project with her stated wish to expand his original list of "female geniuses", as well as to include some of those who came to prominence since he wrote (page v).

  5. List of feminist poets - Wikipedia

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    Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement. [1] [2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.

  6. And Still I Rise - Wikipedia

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    The poem is characteristic of Angelou's style, with terse and forceful lines and irregular rhymes. The short and often monosyllabic words, as Neubauer states, "create an even, provocative rhythm that resounds with underlying confidence". [14] Angelou said that she wrote the poem for all women, regardless of their race or appearance.

  7. Are Women People? - Wikipedia

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    Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times is the title of the collection of satirical poems published on June 12, 1915 [1] by suffragist Alice Duer Miller. [2] Many of the poems in this collection were originally released individually in the New York Tribune between February 4, 1913 to November 4, 1917. [3]

  8. La Belle Dame sans Merci - Wikipedia

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    The 1915 American film The Poet of the Peaks was based upon the poem. [23] Germaine Dulac's 1920 La Belle Dame sans Merci explores the archetype of the femme fatale. [24] [25] Natassia Malthe stars as "The Lady" in Hidetoshi Oneda 2005 fantasy short of the same title. Ben Whishaw recites the poem in the 2009 Keats biopic Bright Star.

  9. Woman Work - Wikipedia

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    "Woman Work" is a poem composed by Maya Angelou. [1] In this poem, Angelou writes about the work women often do, and she expresses a wish to rest from the many tasks women have to complete. [ 2 ]

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