Compare and contrast the presentation of oppressionin I Am Not That Ess

equalize and contrast the presentation of oppressionin I Am not That Woman and clam up I Rise.The poems I am studying are I Am Not That Woman by Kishwar Naheedand Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, both in the twentieth century. some(prenominal) poets have based the poems on their own experiences ofsuppression in their unalike cultures and they both continue to endwith feelings of hope.The poems show the different reactions andattitudes of two real different women who in similar circumstances. InI Am Not That Woman, the poet has been ladened in her culture ofthe Asian society. By this she has been oppressed by the tralatitiousvalues of the Eastern culture nevertheless especially by her laminitis andhusband. She is too trying to overcome this suppression but is not sincerely sure where she wants to go next with her life. In Still IRise, she has been suppressed by the black-and-blue people of South Americabut she has overcome this and thinks of herself as superior to thewhite raci sts. I will begin by discussing I Am Not That Woman.The main theme to the poem is set in the Asian society, Easternculture. Although there is a new theme introduced in all verse, theyall add to the main theme of oppression. The woman is in the placementof being forced into having an arranged marriage and not having any liberty because of it. The poet seems bitter towards her father andhusband. She seems strong because she has got through her problems sofar and is provoked and resentful about the whole situation. She seemsadamant to not let it regain to her for untold longer.The poem has no structure and no rhyming scheme, because written asfree verse. Each verse of the poem is say towards a certainperson in particular - her fath... ...ks around with soak and dignity, with the referenceto the oil wells as her acting as if she is rich, with the tomography ofher literally having oil wells in her living room. She expressesherself effectively by the repetition of the title, Sti ll I Rise inthe poem, where she means she is rising above the white racists.In conclusion I like both poems equally but think that Still I Riseis the to a greater extent effective poem. I think this because the poet is strongerand more confident in what she has written about. The language used inStill I Rise is easier to understand at first glance than I Am NotThat Woman which would also make people prefer Still I Rise becausenot as much needs explaining or working out. Although I prefer theimagery in I Am Not That Woman such as the garden which was usedearly on in the poem and then mentioned again later on.