Poem Analysis:

1.
If you
analyzed
this:

Then, you
will now
analyze
this:

1. St
itches
by
Shawn
Mende
s

1. H
ow Do I
Love
Thee?
(Sonne
t 43)
by
Elizabe
th
Barrett
Browni
ng

2. S
kyscra
per by
Demi
Lovato

2. St
ill I
Rise
by
Maya
Angelo
u

3. W
ings
by
Mackle
more

3. Bl
ack
Friday
by
Kevin

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2. Paste the lyrics of your new poem below:
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, Ill rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
Cause I walk like Ive 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 Ill 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?
Dont you take it awful hard
Cause I laugh like Ive got gold mines
Diggin in my own backyard.
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, Ill rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like Ive got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of historys shame
I rise
Up from a past thats rooted in pain
I rise
Im 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 thats 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

Questions

Answers

3. Describe the structure of the poem

(How many lines are there? How
many stanzas? What is the rhyme
scheme?)
4. Who is the intended audience?
5. Describe what the speaker is like.
6. What is the name of the poet?
7. What is the poems rhyme scheme?
8. Does the poet use alliteration? If so,
give an example.
9. Does the poet use consonance? If
so, give an example.
10. Does the poet use assonance? If
so, give an example.
11. Does the poem use diction with
positive or negative connotations?
Give some examples.
12. What kind of tone does the author
use? Give an example of a line
that illustrates this tone.
13. What kind of mood do you feel as
a reader? Give an example of a
line that illustrates this mood.
14. What is a theme that you noticed
in the poem? Use evidence to
support your theme.

Use complete sentences!

3. There is 43 lines and 9 stanzas.
4. The intended audience would be
people who are interested in history.
5. The speaker is very independent she is
a very strong person. `
6. The poet is Maya Angelou.
7. The poem's Rhyme scheme is ABCB
8. The poem does not use alliteration.
9. Yes there is consonance Welling and
swelling I bear in the tide.
10. With your bitter, twisted lies,
11.The poem uses mostly positive
connotations That I dance like Ive got

diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
And although it does have some negative
connotations they usually end in posotive
ones.
12. The author wants to show she is
independent/strong and that many
people look up to her. Bringing the gifts

that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
13. As a reader I feel that she is very
strong and although she is going through
very difficult times she goes through them
with a good mindset. 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, Ill rise.
14. The theme in this poem similar to the
demi lovato one is to not give up to not let

difficult situations drag you down.