Woman Work By Maya Angelou B.A/B.Sc English Summary Reference Context Explanation Notes Maya Angelou: American born in St. Louis, 4 April 1928. Educated st schools in Arkansas and California. Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist, and award-winning author. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Summary: Maya Angelou, the poetess, has described the domestic routine of a housewife. The routine is mechanical, i.e. caring for the children, mending clothes, mapping floor, buying and cooking food and pressing clothes etc. It is in fact drudgery. No leisure is available to a woman. Even then she is dreaming of ideal life. She longs for rain, sunshine and snowfall. It gives woman strength to sustenance. She wishes to be one with nature and loves to be a part of the mountain, oceans, leaf and stone, star shine, moon glow. She likes to participate in nature around her. She is tired of her daily mechanical routine and re...
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