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Maya Angelou was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. How did she
use poetry to deal with it?

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Maya Angelou used writing poetry as an outlet to voice her emotions in a concealed way to make herself feel heard without straight-up telling people about her experiences.
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She wrote poetry to express her problems. She didn't want everyone to know exactly what she was dealing with, but just in a round about way. She didn't talk for years before hand, because she thought it was all her fault and words were to powerful. So she used poetry to describe how she felt or how she feels like after.

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