Brief Analysis of "Homage to My Hips"

In "Homage to My Hips", Lucille Clifton creates some kind of imagery pertaining to her hips. She seems all into herself, more specifically, her hips. She makes it a point to convey that her hips are strong or powerful by the lines "they go where they want to go. /they do what they want to do. /these hips are mighty." (9-11) She gets into how her hips are big and mighty, no one can hold …

…anything anywhere. Her boasting shows pride in herself. She has a certain power over a man, says the line "…spin him like a top!" (15) In comparison to men, she is no lesser. She seems a bit cocky, but her hips are big, free, strong and seductive. She has pride in them, as for herself. This poem creates with description. Lucille reveals the power of her hips and creates imagery with a mere fifteen lines.