The poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou is a very powerful work of literature. The author writes, "Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room" to show that she is better off without the man she is directing the poem towards. She is trying to say that like oil wells she is rich, not only physically she herself has a lot of worth.
Answer: I think the answer is B
Explanation:
because a main clause is "a clause that can form a complete sentence standing alone, having a subject and a predicate." so it has to have a subject and a verb so josh is the subject and ate pumpkin pie is the verb
There is a subtle use of repetition to give the poem a form.
Explanation:
There is a very subtle use of repetition in the poem that does not draw attention to itself but forms the fragmentation of the poem. The repetition that is prominent here is the motif of 'how ' and 'why'.
The two repetitions are questions. This inquisitiveness is the spirit of the poem as the poet again and again approaches questions that allude answers and asks them in immensely powerful ways to justify the theme of the poem.