Nikki Giovanni's Voice Poem Analysis
Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee as Yolande Cornella. She grew up around Cincinnati and graduated from Fisk University in 1967. She is American poet and educator that released her first poem book called Black Felling, Black Talk in 1968. She also has been involved in The Black Arts Movements.
In Nikki Giovanni’s poem called “Nikki Rosa” she describes her childhood. In the first four stanzas she sates “Childhood remembrances are, always a drag if you're Black, you always remember things like, living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet”. She was explaining how rough it was growing up as a child in Woodlawn. Throughout the poem she is giving references and statements about growing up poor and struggling. She
In Nikki Giovanni’s poem called “Nikki Rosa” she describes her childhood. In the first four stanzas she sates “Childhood remembrances are, always a drag if you're Black, you always remember things like, living in Woodlawn with no inside toilet”. She was explaining how rough it was growing up as a child in Woodlawn. Throughout the poem she is giving references and statements about growing up poor and struggling. She