Answer to Question #213984 in English for tumi

Question

what two possible meaning can be attached to the sentence, 'the breezes of the west African night were intimate and shy '?substantiate your answer with close reference to the text from Maya Angelo poem on all gods children need travelling shoes

Answer 1

'The breezes of West African night were intimate and shy.'

Intimate means familiar and very dear while shy means reserved and modest.

The sentence could therefore mean that the night breezes blew modestly hitting the writer in a very dear and familiar manner. This can be substantiated when the writer says that ' sweeping through the cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy, then disappearing into the utter blackness.'

Intimate also refers to devoted and constant. The writer says that ' It forced through my closed eyelids, bringing me up and out of a borrowed bed and into brand new streets.' This means that the constant breezes that were devoted woke up the writer.