Overhead in County Slogi and Woman Work - Comparison

In this essay where I am going to discuss the similaritys and differences between two poems. Woman Work written by Maya Angelou, which is about a woman who works all the time and just wants to rest. The second poem is called overheard in County Sigo written by Gillian Clarke which is about a married woman having a conversation with her friend about her life and looking back at what her ambitions were. br brWoman Work is a regular 5 stanza, rhyming poem, It is set in southern USA. We know this because of the way she talkes The cane to be cut Cane is grown in southern USA, I gotta clean up this hut Hut is what she calles her house And the cotton to Pick cotton also grows in USA. Its about this womanwhos either single or†¦show more content†¦Two things came into my mind. br br1. She got really bad results and no qualifications so she ended up doing things like this, instead of getting a proper job. So the poet might be trying to emphasise how important it is for children to try their best at school. br br2. She didnt do too bad at school but she got children at a younge age and that took most of her time so because shes single she cant go to work as when you get children