Describe the speaker in the poem by Lucille Clifton called "Homage to My Hips." I think she is obese and talks about herself before someone else does.

To
understand the intention of the poem "Homage to My Hips" by , it is important to know
something about the author. Clifton was a celebrated poet, twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Her
collection Two-Headed Woman, in which "Homage to My Hips"
appears, focuses positively on the experience of being an African American and a
woman.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, homage is "an
expression of high regard: respect." The word comes from a feudal ceremony in which a
vassal offers his allegiance to his lord. In other words, to offer homage to something means to
acknowledge that you greatly respect it.

We can see, then, that this poem is
not intended to offer readers the voice of a weak, overweight woman but rather a strong woman
who is celebrating her womanhood. The text of the poem acknowledges this.

At
the beginning of the poem, Clifton states that "these hips are big hips," but there is
no indication that they are not shapely and well-proportioned. Many models and...

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