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Alone
by
Maya Angelou
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Alone
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Alone Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
Repetition
Hey, if something sounds good the first time, chances are it'll sound even better the second time. Or the third time. Or the twenty-eighth time. It's irrefutable logic from your childhood: if you s...
Alone-ness
When you've got a one-word title, you're almost announcing the central theme of the poem.We'd call it solitude, but Angelou seems pretty attached to the word "alone," so we thought we'd better stic...