I am the dream and the hope of the slave. The very last stanza explains that yes, she comes from a very hard past, life wasn’t easy at all, she lived in fear but her past taught her to rise up and face and conquer her fears.īringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, She then says in the next paragraph that no matter the words they speak to her, the lies they make up and how much they disrespect her, she will still rise above it. She asks does her happiness really make them that mad. She asks to people really want to see her broken, weak and beat down that much. She leaves little question as to her purpose for. She stops talking about rising for just a moment. Maya Angelous 'Still I Rise' is a poem of defiance, perseverance, and resilience.Angelous style in this poem is easy to read and understand. Angelou’s speaker says, You may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I’ll rise. She basically says she will rise like the moon, sun, tides and hopes. The speaker, Maya Angelou’s speaker, is confident and very sure in the phrases they use. The third paragraph she starts looking at it from a more imaginable standpoint.
She seems herself more than what they portray her to be. The second paragraph is about how people don’t like the amount of confidence she has in herself. They dragged her name through the dirt, but she still rises above it. The first paragraph talk about how they twisted her history, making her seem like someone she is not. This poem may seem very self explanatory but it is also very deep. If you have never heard of this poem it is placed below.
This week I decided to analyze a very famous poem by a very famous woman, hero, author and role model Maya Angelou.
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