Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
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 back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
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.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.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.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
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 back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.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.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
Commentary:
Before I even read the poem, I took a look at the poem title. I thought it was going to be about a person that faces a lot of challenges, but still gets through all the issues with their head up high.
After reading the poem, I realized that I was right with my hypothesis. The speaker writes this poem to the person that wants to see her suffer. She says phrases like," Did you want to see me broken?" She constantly asks that person questions similar to the one said above.
The author, Maya Angelou, uses figurative language to come across to her audience.
First of all, Maya Angelou uses an abundance of similies. All throughout the poem, you can find similes of all sorts. In the third stanza, Maya Angelou compares how she rises to many objects. She compares this to moons, suns, tides, and hopes. She uses this simile to describe the distance to which she rises. From the comparisons, she rises very high. Next, Maya Angelou uses hyperbole. She uses this type of figurative language in stanza six. She says, " You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness." Here I believe that she used personification because you can not really shoot anyone with words. The only thing that may happen is that you can just hurt their feelings or sentiments. She exaggerated because that is just impossible. Maya Angelou finally uses a series of rhetorical questions. She asks questions like, Does my sexiness upset you, do you want to see me broken, and a couple others. Maya uses these questions to provoke the one that the poem is written to. These questions have an automatic yes or no reply.
Dr. Maya Angelou Recites "Still I Rise" YouTube
Before I even read the poem, I took a look at the poem title. I thought it was going to be about a person that faces a lot of challenges, but still gets through all the issues with their head up high.
After reading the poem, I realized that I was right with my hypothesis. The speaker writes this poem to the person that wants to see her suffer. She says phrases like," Did you want to see me broken?" She constantly asks that person questions similar to the one said above.
The author, Maya Angelou, uses figurative language to come across to her audience.
First of all, Maya Angelou uses an abundance of similies. All throughout the poem, you can find similes of all sorts. In the third stanza, Maya Angelou compares how she rises to many objects. She compares this to moons, suns, tides, and hopes. She uses this simile to describe the distance to which she rises. From the comparisons, she rises very high. Next, Maya Angelou uses hyperbole. She uses this type of figurative language in stanza six. She says, " You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness." Here I believe that she used personification because you can not really shoot anyone with words. The only thing that may happen is that you can just hurt their feelings or sentiments. She exaggerated because that is just impossible. Maya Angelou finally uses a series of rhetorical questions. She asks questions like, Does my sexiness upset you, do you want to see me broken, and a couple others. Maya uses these questions to provoke the one that the poem is written to. These questions have an automatic yes or no reply.
Dr. Maya Angelou Recites "Still I Rise" YouTube
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