Poem/ author
What does the author repeatedly say throughout the poem
Still I’ll rise
Give me a simile from still I’ll rise
‘Cuase I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard
What is one line from stanza 2
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
What does the author mean by you may cut me with your eyes?
You can give me dirty looks but I’ll keep moving forward
How old was maya angelou when she wrote still I rise
50
Give me a simile from still I rise
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
does stanza 3 have an example of personification
Yes
What does the author mean by you may right me down in history with your bitter twisted lies
You can make up things about me that aren’t true but I’ll keep moving forward
Describe our author
A female person of colour
Give me a simile I’m still I rise
Just like hopes sprinting high, Still I’ll rise
What do the last two stanzas talk about
What does the author mean by I dance like I’ve got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs
This means that she is proud to be a woman and proud of her woman genitalia
When was our poem made
1978
give me an example of personification in our poem
You may shoot me with your eyes
What is the author expressing in stanza 5
She is proud to be a woman
What does the author mean by I am the dream and the hope of the slave
I am the dream of and the hope of the slave is a reference to slavery in the United States and refers to the fact that she is proof that things do get better
What’s our theme statement from our poem
determination by rising above discrimination and combating said negative with positivity
Give me a metaphor from still I rise
I’m a black ocean
What did the first line in our peom say
you may right me down in history with your bitter twisted lies
What does the author mean by ‘cause I walk around like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room
I walk around like I have nothing to worry about and oil is a sign of wealth