Civil Rights Activist Dr. Maya Angelou

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The orate by the erudite American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou, at the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, given in an ode style encompassed an Enlightment on Discrimination theme with the aid of exploitation of repetition, rhythm, tone, imagery, and symbolism.
In the opening of the speech, Angelou thanked the crowd 15 times. The speech starts with, Thank you”, then moved to “I thank you.” Often throughout the speech she stops and sings the hook of ‘Let It Shine.
In addition, Angelou rhythm of the speech is consistent. The outset starts with the singing of a song. Then she moves to a poem, then back to the song, then to a story of her upbringing. She cuts the story in half to sing the hook once more. The

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