Black Woman - English OralPoetry is the definitive form of expression, an arrangement so unique that it has the ability to capture song, art, drama and movement all in one. Not only has it become the text of passion and imagination, but also our everyday language has been renewed and intensified to allow us to see things in a new light, as if for the first time. Poetry does not respect rules and formulas but represents the imagination beyond the presence of an object. Above all poetry is a mystery and a challenge, interpreting it, empathizing and understanding it is what makes it intriguing, consoling and supportive for human beings. Its power lies in its ability to use our personal affinities to influence our view of a poem, allowing us to give it more importance than it actually possesses. The “then and now” anthology focuses on indigenous poetry in Africa, the history, values ​​and feelings behind the words that make their message so powerful. “The Black Woman,” written by former Senegalese president Léopold Senghor, tells the story of a beautiful, pristine Africa before colonization. It becomes a kind of messenger, expressing the joys and grievances felt by the collective indigenous community in Africa and similar injustices evident in many other parts of the world. The first way to interpret "The Black Woman" is to see it as a metaphor whereby the The woman described in the poem represents something much greater, Senghor's beloved Africa. Make this connection by describing the woman's beauty with lines like "your color which is life", "your shape which is beauty". There are also descriptions of strong landscape images: "The sun near your eyes", "The savannah stretching towards clear horizons", building "the black woman" to extraordinary proportions... middle of the sheet... .d the world.As humans we have a natural tendency to judge without fully understanding the situation, stereotypes have become a problem around the world due to our lack of knowledge of other cultures and traditions. “When the Teeth of Black Men Speak,” by Ouologuem Yambo is another poem that uses comedy to educate about the short- and long-term effects of stereotypes. Yambo also uses repetition to convey his message and incorporates onomatopoeia for exaggerated effect. The phrase that is constantly repeated is “long live the tomatoes” and creates an oscillation between the tense and the comical. When the man in the poem is killed, his last words are “long live the tomatoes”. The reader is distracted by the poet's humor and unable to consider the gravity of the death. Yambo subtly uses satire and ridicules the ignorance of foreigners, especially colonizers.