For Colored Girls Poem Analysis

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This is an excerpt adaption from the stage play “For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.” This poem is about a mother/daughter relationship and the conflictions about sexual abuse between the family. The author describes the desire to be desired, but that the attention men shower upon her is ultimately unfulfilling. She underlines the superficiality of physical attraction by describing her outward adornments: her clothing, hair, and her smell, all designed to attract men. As she continues, she admits that she oozes sexuality and confidence, making each man who approaches her feel special and unique. This woman seems to have voluntarily chosen casual flings in lieu of a committed relationship. Her tools of

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