Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Angelou considered herself a poet and a playwright, but is best known for her seven autobiographies. Early in her writing career she began a practice of alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry. Although her poetry collections have been best-sellers, they have not received serious critical attention and are more interesting when read aloud. Diiie is made up of two sections of 38 poems. The 20 poems in the first section, "Where Love is a Scream of Anguish", center on love. Many of the poems in this section and the next are structured like blues and jazz music, and have universal themes of love and loss. The eighteen poems in the second section, "Just Before the World Ends", focus on the experience of the survival of African Americans despite living in a society dominated by whites. Angelou uses the vernacular of African Americans, irony, understatement, and humor to make her statements about race and racism in America. She acts as a spokesperson for her race in these poems, in which her use of irony and humor allows her to speak for the collective and to assume a distance in order to make comments about her themes, topics, and subjects. Critic Kathy M. Essick have called the poems in Diiie "protest poems". The metaphors in her poetry serve as "coding", or litotes, for meanings understood by other Blacks, although her themes and topics are universal for most readers to understand. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie has received mixed reviews from critics but was a best-seller. Many critics expected that the volume would be popular despite their negative reviews, but others considered it well written, lyrical, and a moving expression of social observation. (en)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie adalah judul buku kumpulan puisi karya penyair Amerika Serikat Maya Angelou yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1971. Beberapa puisi dalam Diiie awalnya merupakan lirik lagu yang ditulis oleh Angelou saat meniti kariernya di sebuah kelab malam, dan direkam dalam dua album, sebelum Angelou menerbitkan autobiografi pertamanya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Angelou menganggap dirinya sebagai seorang penyair dan , tapi kemudian dia dikenal sebagai penulis tujuh autobiografi. Diiie terdiri dari 38 puisi. 20 puisi dalam bagian pertama, "Where Love is a Scream of Anguish", berkisah tentang cinta. Beberapa puisi dalam bagian ini dan bagian selanjutnya memiliki struktur selayaknya musik blues dan jazz music, dan memiliki tema universal tentang cinta dan kehilangan. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie menuai banyak ulasan dari para kritikus, tetapi menjadi buku terlaris dan masuk nominasi dalam penghargaan Pulitzer Prize. Beberapa kritikus berharap, dalam buku ini akan pepuler meskipun banyak ulasan negatif (in)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie é o primeiro livro de coletânea de poemas da escritora afro-americana Maya Angelou, publicado originalmente em 1971. É o segundo livro lançado pela autora. (pt)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie é o primeiro livro de coletânea de poemas da escritora afro-americana Maya Angelou, publicado originalmente em 1971. É o segundo livro lançado pela autora. (pt)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Angelou considered herself a poet and a playwright, but is best known for her seven autobiographies. Early in her writing career she began a practice of alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry. Although her poetry collections have been best-sellers, they have not received serious critical attention and are more interesting when read aloud. (en)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie adalah judul buku kumpulan puisi karya penyair Amerika Serikat Maya Angelou yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1971. Beberapa puisi dalam Diiie awalnya merupakan lirik lagu yang ditulis oleh Angelou saat meniti kariernya di sebuah kelab malam, dan direkam dalam dua album, sebelum Angelou menerbitkan autobiografi pertamanya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Angelou menganggap dirinya sebagai seorang penyair dan , tapi kemudian dia dikenal sebagai penulis tujuh autobiografi. (in)