Maya Angelou and Amanda Gorman were chosen as inaugural poets by two different presidents. How was each author's poem well matched to the inaugural theme, and what powerful poetic devices did each use to achieve that theme? Please use a minimum of four examples to prove your point, with discussion of each. *Extra points if you can explain the connection between the two poets and the symbols that Amanda Gorman wore - that also provide us a connection to last semester's Maya Angelou readings.

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of