To avoid ambiguity, she tries to explain that her childhood was not ideal. She says that a non-African biographer would focus on her struggle using a materialistic approach. Also, she talks about the strength she gained from her close-knit community. She talks about family love’s importance and positive role in her life. Throughout the poem, she talks about the bliss she enjoyed in her childhood. The poem sheds light on the speaker’s poverty-stricken childhood. Materialistic approach, praise, contentment, and racial differences are the poem’s major themes. Thus, after gaining worldly acclaim, she takes the readers into her turbulent childhood in this poem. However, even after living a life of luxury, Nikki feels it important to count the blessings of her difficult childhood. Although her family struggled a lot to meet ends meet she even lacked the basic necessities of life. Instead, it’s family love, care and protection that constitute the best part of our life. To her, material wealth does not bring joy to one’s life. Despite being poor, she enjoyed even the little blessings life offered her at that time. She also talks about the joy she had in her childhood. The phrase “black love is black wealth” shows her love, respect and gratitude for her community. She tells her readers how her ethnic background gave her life a true meaning. They will never count the wealth she gained from her people. To her, the whites will always focus on her worldly struggle. She explains what happens when African American appears to the world as an icon. It begins when the writer reflects her past she tries to pen down her childhood memories. The poem draws a realistic comparison between the choices of African American and American people. “Nikki-Rosa” by Nikki Giovanni, a great American poet and writer is a descriptive poem. Analysis of Literary/ Poetic Devices Used in “Niki Rossa”.

Rosa by nikki giovanni