Life is forever
frightening, for if people were not afraid, nothing would seem fun. Maya Angelou in her poem, “Life Doesn’t
Frighten Me” writes about many fears people have. She uses many literary
devices in order to show these fears. Her use of repetition is used to show the
reader, regardless of age, people should not be afraid.
“Life
doesn’t frighten me at all.” This line is repeated over and over again to prove
the author’s point. The repetition may be showing the reader her confidence in
what she says. That she is proud to not be afraid. This repetition could also
be a result of wanting this to be true. When people want things to be true they
often just wait and repeat it over and over again to convince themselves it is
true. Poets use repetition to prove a point, Angelou may be afraid but should
not.
People
always have fears, no matter what age they are. Angelou supports this by using
fears from younger ages as well as older ages. “Mean old Mother Goose” seems
like it would be a fear from a younger child. “Tough guys fight” seems to be a
fear from an older person. Older people are more likely to be afraid of tough
guys trying to beat them up. No one should be afraid, but there are fears from
a wide range of ages.
Although
I have grown out of the mother goose fear phase, I still have fears myself. The
poem seems to focus on fears from younger children, what Angelou does not
mention are fears people of every age have, such as my fears. I am very afraid
of spiders, little kids are sometimes afraid of spiders. I don’t know what
makes them scary but they are. As my parents say, “you shouldn’t be afraid of
them, you are so much bigger than them.” I shouldn’t be afraid, but I can’t
help it.
Everybody
has many fears although they feel they should not be afraid. People go through
phases of fears through life, but some stay forever. How can people of
different ages work to not be afraid of some of these things? Almost everything you see in life must be
scary to some people.
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