In the poem “Phenomenal women”, author Maya Angelou uses metaphor to compare and help readers understand better. To describe how she feels when men is around her, she uses metaphor to compare the men around her. Maya Angelou in line 19 and 20, stanzo 2, stated “Then they swarm around me, a hive of honey bees” This shows how the men walks around her making her feel confident and more like a Phenomenal women. She describes how the men walk around her to honey bees swarming around a hive.