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A JOURNEY

Stanza 3

I promise you nothing...I accept your promise...of the same we are simply riding...a wave...that may carry...or crash.

It's a journey...and I want...to go.

Stanza 2

I have heard...from previous visitors...the road washes out sometimes...and passengers are compelled...to continue groping...or turn back...I am not afraid.

I am not afraid...of rough spots or lonely times...I don't fear...the success of this endeaver...I am Ra...in a space not to be discovered...but invented.

Stanza 1

It's a journey...that I propose...I am not the guide...nor the technical assistant...I will be your fellow passenger.

Though the rail has been ridden...winter clouds cover...autumn's exuberant quilt...we must provide our own guideposts.

Theme

Life is a journey so embrace it

Tone

-encouraging

-hopeful

-supportive

Speaker

-wise

-experienced

-determined

-powerful

Lines 12-15: I promise you that I don't have all the answers and neither do you. We are all living our lives together whether they may be peaceful or seem to fall apart. Life is a journey so embrace it.

Lines 6-8: Sometimes our path fades and people feel the need to give up, but I am not afraid.

9-11: I am not afraid of hard or lonely times. I am powerful. I want to be new and something no one has seen before.

Figurative Language

Lines 1-2: Life is a journey. I am not here to tell you how to live your life or how everything is going to turn out...

3-5: When you feel lost and happiness seems to disappear, we must keep searching and find a way to get through it

Imagery

Metaphors: Lines 1-8, 10, 13, 14

Symbolism: Lines 1-4, 13

Nikki Giovanni

"winter clouds"

"rough spots"

"autumn's exuberant quilt"

-born in Knoxville,Tennessee

-published first book of poems in 1968

-awards: Langston Hughes and Rosa Parks awards

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