My Anger — Summary

Why does my anger seemed to get reduced? Because I am woman I'm overreacting I'm at that time of the month My hormones unbalance Because I'm young I am an insignificant child I know nothing of the world Therefore I have no right to be angry And I'm having a tantrum in my feelings But my anger is calculated It is not hurried I have learned and studied And I have have seen the horrors of the universe And I have a right to be angry I have a right to voice my opinion I have a right to not stand for inequality But yet you do not listen to my rights Which just fuels my anger even more

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The speaker is angry, and she is tired of being told that her anger doesn't count. The poem opens with a question about why her feelings get "reduced," then lists the excuses people give: she's a woman, so it must be hormones; she's young, so she must know nothing. Each reason treats her anger as a mood or a tantrum rather than a response to something real.

Halfway through, the poem turns with the word "But." She says her anger is "calculated" and "not hurried," built on learning and on having "seen the horrors of the universe." The repeated "I have a right" lines sound like a steady, deliberate argument rather than an outburst, which proves her point. The final line, though, admits the cost of being ignored: not being heard only makes her angrier. The mood is frustrated and defiant, with a controlled determination underneath.

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