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Title: “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
Description: As Maya expresses herself, it is imperative to assert that she achieved her goal. In the poem “Still I Rise”, the title itself is a reminiscence of what she encountered in the quest to accomplish her role in poetry. At the commencement of the poem, stanza 1 line 1, the poet used euphemism “…you may write me down…” to mean that she was ready to get into history books as a relentless civil rights activist. Similarly, in stanza 1 line 2, the poet illustrated that “…your bitter, twisted lies…,” this expressed the behavior and perception of her audience. The last line in stanza 1 indicates that the poet struggled with perseverance. In fact, she used simile “…like dust…” and a pun “… I’ll rise…” in stanza 1 line 4 to express further on her desire to rise.
Description: As Maya expresses herself, it is imperative to assert that she achieved her goal. In the poem “Still I Rise”, the title itself is a reminiscence of what she encountered in the quest to accomplish her role in poetry. At the commencement of the poem, stanza 1 line 1, the poet used euphemism “…you may write me down…” to mean that she was ready to get into history books as a relentless civil rights activist. Similarly, in stanza 1 line 2, the poet illustrated that “…your bitter, twisted lies…,” this expressed the behavior and perception of her audience. The last line in stanza 1 indicates that the poet struggled with perseverance. In fact, she used simile “…like dust…” and a pun “… I’ll rise…” in stanza 1 line 4 to express further on her desire to rise.
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“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
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STILL I RISE BY MAYA ANGELOU
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As Maya expresses herself, it is imperative to assert that she achieved her goal
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At the commencement of the poem, stanza 1 line 1, the poet used euphemism “…you may write
me down…” to mean that she was ready to get into history books as a relentless civil rights
activist
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The last line in stanza 1 indicates that the
poet struggled with perseverance
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In stanza 2, the poet questioned if her liveliness upsets targeted audience (line 1)
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walk like…oil well…” which was within her
living room
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In the third stanza, line 1 Maya used simile “…like moon and like the sun…” to compare her
stature
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The last two lines in stanza three; lines 3 and 4 gave her strength, simile “…like
hopes springing high, I will rise
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It shows that the poet
blamed the audience for lack of empathy despite the hardship and sufferings she went through
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weakened by my soulful
cries?” to express emotional feelings about terrible encounters she went through
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Now, in stanza 6 lines 1, 2 and 3, the poet used hyperbole “…you may shoot me with your
words…you may cut me with your eyes… you may kill me with your hatefulness…” and
followed by a simile in line 4, “… but still, like air, I'll rise…” which strongly affirmed that
Maya supposed that all tribulations would be gone and that she would rise again
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Does it come as a surprise …” Continually, she
showcased her dancing prowess in line 3 and 4
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In stanza 8 line 1, Maya the poet reiterated that she rose out of huts of history’s shame
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In furtherance, stanza 8 lines 2-3 exemplifies that Maya rose from a
past rooted in pain
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More importantly, the poet affirmed
that despite the difficulties, she rose up again
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It is a reprieve that the poem ended when Maya exemplified how she arose
into daybreak, very wondrous and clear (stanza 9, lines 3-5)
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Also, the
poet used repetition of the word “I rise” at the tail end of the poem
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STILL I RISE BY MAYA ANGELOU
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Extract from a poem “STILL I RISE” is authored by Maya Angelou who strived to explicate her
role as a civil rights activist, an author, historian, poet, dancer, stage, playwright, and screen
producer, songwriter, director, singer, and performer
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Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room
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Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own backyard
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Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide
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I rise
I rise
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Title: “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
Description: As Maya expresses herself, it is imperative to assert that she achieved her goal. In the poem “Still I Rise”, the title itself is a reminiscence of what she encountered in the quest to accomplish her role in poetry. At the commencement of the poem, stanza 1 line 1, the poet used euphemism “…you may write me down…” to mean that she was ready to get into history books as a relentless civil rights activist. Similarly, in stanza 1 line 2, the poet illustrated that “…your bitter, twisted lies…,” this expressed the behavior and perception of her audience. The last line in stanza 1 indicates that the poet struggled with perseverance. In fact, she used simile “…like dust…” and a pun “… I’ll rise…” in stanza 1 line 4 to express further on her desire to rise.
Description: As Maya expresses herself, it is imperative to assert that she achieved her goal. In the poem “Still I Rise”, the title itself is a reminiscence of what she encountered in the quest to accomplish her role in poetry. At the commencement of the poem, stanza 1 line 1, the poet used euphemism “…you may write me down…” to mean that she was ready to get into history books as a relentless civil rights activist. Similarly, in stanza 1 line 2, the poet illustrated that “…your bitter, twisted lies…,” this expressed the behavior and perception of her audience. The last line in stanza 1 indicates that the poet struggled with perseverance. In fact, she used simile “…like dust…” and a pun “… I’ll rise…” in stanza 1 line 4 to express further on her desire to rise.