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The repeated refrain, "Life doesn't frighten me at all," emphasizes the speaker's unwavering courage. Through a series of imaginative and playful images, such as ghosts, dragons, and tough guys, the poem personifies these fears and portrays them as inconsequential.
Maya Angelou, an inspirational American poet, crafted a poem from a child’s perspective about all the frightening things in her world. Although this poem showcases many things that frighten a child, the greater theme in this poem is that no matter the obstacles we face in life, we can overcome them.
The American poet Maya Angelou's "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" was first published as a picture book (illustrated by the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat) in 1993. In this poem, a little girl claims that she's not the least bit frightened of—well, anything, from "panthers" to "tough guys."
‘ Life Doesn’t Frighten Me ’ by Maya Angelou is a simple, heavily rhymed poem that describes the fears, or lack thereof, that a child speaker has. The poem takes the reader into the mind of a child who has, or so she asserts, found a way to overcome fear in her life.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is a children's book by American writer Maya Angelou. Originally released in 1993 by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, the book was conceived and edited by Sara Jane Boyers. It combines a poem written by Angelou with illustrations by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Lyrics. Shadows on the wall. Noises down the hall. Life doesn't frighten me at all. Bad dogs barking loud. Big ghosts in a cloud. Life doesn't...
‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’ is a well-known poem by Maya Angelou (1928-2014). It is the title poem from Angelou’s 1993 collection Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, which was marketed as a children’s book although Angelou did not originally conceive the poems as being specifically for children.
