Phenomenal+Woman

 media type="custom" key="3929661" __media type="custom" key="3929679" Phenomenal Woman__ Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I say, It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Men themselves have wondered What they see in me. But they can't touch** My inner mystery. When I try to show them They say they still can't see. I say, It's in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.
 * They try so much

Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed. I don't shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing It ought to make you proud. I say, It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. media type="custom" key="3929687" __Analysis:__ media type="custom" key="3929777" "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou is a poem about women empowerment and confidence. Angelou has a few examples of **couplets** in her poem. **Couplets** are two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. In the beginning the narrator admits that she does not look like your standard supermodel. But somehow she attracts men and this makes the beautiful women curious. She tells the women that it's because of her confidence but they do not believe her. The narrator goes on to say that when she walks into a room she attracts all the men and even they do not know what they see in her. Again, the narrator blames it all on confidence but no one seems to understand. The narrator closes the poem with a message or **theme.** Women do not need to yell or act like fools to get noticed. All it takes is confidence, that's the key to being truely phenomenal. media type="custom" key="3929787"