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The Poem P. O. W By Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys was born January 25, 18981, She was born in New york. Alicia Keys started doing piano lessons when she was 7 years old. She also did acting and she joined Miley Cyrus on The Voice, in 2016. Alicia Keys is also married to a hip hop producer. The poem P.O.W by Alicia Keys was published in 2005. They’re six stanzas in this poem, but they’re no rhyme scheme in this poem. This poem do have repetition she use the words prisoner and prison numerous times. This poem do have rhymes in it such as the words “Unsaid , Head, Bed” and the words “Hear, Clear…. Making and Shaking” and etc.. , I believe she feel like she can’t express herself and she have to keep all of her words to herself. She feel like she is a Prisoner of her own words. My

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