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Alice Walker 1944 (Eatonton) Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions. Of your life. And wrap around. You like a shawl, To parry stones. To keep you warm.
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‘Be Nobody’s Darling’ by Alice Walker begins with the main ideaof the poem. The poet supports a person if society treats him/her as an outcast. She is always there to assist a man who never sheds off the individual qualities which make the person different from others. The poet advises to “take the contradictions” of life and wrap it around like a ...
‘Be Nobody’s Darling’ by Alice Walker is not thronged with the excessive use of literary devices. Yet there are some important figures which make her thoughts inspiring to the readers. In the poem, the first two lines contain an anaphora as these lines begin with the word “Be”. The next literary device used in the poem is a simile. The poet uses it...
‘Be Nobody’s Darling’ by Alice Walker talks about the themes of individualism and cynicism. The poet supports the individual choice a person makes without bothering about the norms of the society. The choice is good as long as it doesn’t harm society. If it makes a person happy without damaging others’ liberty, society should not condemn the person...
First Stanza
The first and longest verse of the poem follows a simple structural pattern, wherein no line is particularly long, regardless of sentence or thought. This works as a tool to keep the reader interested — since it’s natural to keep moving from line to line to finish previous thoughts — but also works to effectively highlight the important lines. “Let them look askance at you” for instance, is given a line, and it is one of the longest lines in the poem, presumably because Walker did not want to...
Second Stanza
This verse of ‘Be Nobody’s Darling’ is significantly shorter than its predecessor, as though the author is trying to bring the idea of emphasizing shorter lines onto the verses themselves. This stanzastands out for being so much shorter than the first one, and is also notable for being a culmination of one sentence: “Make a merry gathering on the bank, where thousands perished for brave hurt words they said.” In isolation, this is a strong statement, one that ties the present to the past. It...
Third Stanza
At its end, ‘Be Nobody’s Darling‘ cycles back to its original message, adding to the idea of being an outcast by suggesting that the best company for the outcasts is other outcasts, who, by definition, wouldn’t join them. They are like the dead, and in many ways, they are the dead — this is literal and metaphoricalat the same time. It is better to be an outcast, to be independent, to be one’s own person than it is to be someone else’s person, and better to relate to those who have died for be...
Aug 25, 2016 · Alice Walker. Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb To madness With ample cheer; Let them look askance at you And you askance reply.
Apr 18, 2024 · “Be Nobody’s Darling” by Alice Walker was first published in 1973 in her collection titled “Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems.” This powerful poem embodies the qualities of resilience, defiance, and self-affirmation.
Poem analysis of Alice Walker’s Be Nobody’s Darling through the review of literary techniques, poem structure, themes, and the proper usage of quotes.
Dec 8, 2010 · Where thousands perished. For brave hurt words. They said. But be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Qualified to live. Among your dead. From Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poem s. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986 by Alice Walker.
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Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions. Of your life. And wrap around. You like a shawl, To parry stones. To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb.
