By consistently weaving the theme of motherhood into her literature, Maya Angelou creates both personal narratives and poems that the reader can relate to. Her exploration of this universal theme lends itself to a very large and diverse audience. Throughout Angelou's works, she allows her followers to witness her metamorphosis through different aspects of motherhood.         Well-worked themes are always present in Angelou's works- self- acceptance, race, men, work, separation, sexuality, and motherhood. However, Angelou uses …showed first 75 words of 1092 total…

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