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    The poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou is about resilience in the face of oppression. It describes how the poet remains proud and refuses to submit to weakness, even in the face of poverty, racism, and a painful past. Through metaphors of nature, pride, and history, it asserts that the human spirit can overcome any obstacle and continue to rise up.

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    The poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou is about resilience in the face of oppression. It describes how the poet remains proud and refuses to submit to weakness, even in the face of poverty, racism, and a painful past. Through metaphors of nature, pride, and history, it asserts that the human spirit can overcome any obstacle and continue to rise up.

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    The poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou is about resilience in the face of oppression. It describes how the poet remains proud and refuses to submit to weakness, even in the face of poverty, racism, and a painful past. Through metaphors of nature, pride, and history, it asserts that the human spirit can overcome any obstacle and continue to rise up.

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    “Still iiI iiRise” iiis iia iipoem iiby iithe iiAmerican iicivil iirights iiactivist iiand iiwriter iiMaya

    iiAngelou.
    iiOne iiof iiAngelou's iimost iiacclaimed iiworks, iithe iipoem iiwas iipublished iiin iiAngelou’s iithird

    iipoetry iicollection iiAnd iiStill iiI iiRise iiin ii1978. iiBroadly iispeaking, iithe iipoem iiis iian iiassertion iiof

    iithe iidignity iiand iiresilience iiof iimarginalized iipeople iiin iithe iiface iiof iioppression. iiBecause

    iiAngelou iioften iiwrote iiabout iiblackness iiand iiblack iiwomanhood, ii"Still iiI iiRise" iican iialso iibe

    iiread iimore iispecifically iias iia iicritique iiof iianti-black iiracism.

    The iipoem iibegins iiwith iia iidirect iiaddress iito iithe iiones iiwho iiare iitrying iito iiwrite iiher iidown iiin
    iihistory. iiOppressors iitry iito iichange iithe iifacts iiof iihistory iiwith iitheir iibitter, iitwisted iilies. iiThe

    iipoet iiis iifirm iiin iiher iicourage iithat iieven iiif iishe iiis iiput iidown iito iithe iilevel iiof iidirt, iishe iiwill iirise

    iifrom iiit iilike iidust iirises. ii

    It iiemphasizes iithe iisurprise iiin iithe iihearts iiof iioppressors iiwho iistill iisee iithe iiboldness iiin iitheir
    iivictims. iiThe iipoet iiis iitaunting iithem iiwith iithe iifact iithat iiwhy iiher iiliveliness iishould iiturn iithem

    iigloomy.

    In iicharacteristic iihumour iiof iiMaya iiAngelou, iiit iisays iithat iieven iiin iiher iiimpoverishment, iishe
    iiwalks iiwith iiall iiglory iiof iia iiself-pride. iiIn iiAmerica, iithe iibusinessmen iiof iithe iiOil iiIndustry iiare

    iiamong iithe iirichest, iithe iipride iiof iithe iispeaker iiin iithe iipoem iiis iinot iianyway iilesser iithan iithat iiof

    iithem. ii

    There iiis iia iifirmness iiin iithe iipoet’s iiconviction iiin iiher iicapacity iito iirise. iiMoons iiand iiSuns iiare
    iieternal iifacts iiof iithe iiuniverse iiwho iinever iichange. iiTheir iipresence iicreates iitides iion iithe iiearth

    iiwhich iiis iimore iithan iicertain.

    The iipoet iicompares iithe iifallen iishoulders iiof iithe iivictim iito iiteardrops. iiThe iinarrator iihere iiwon’t
    iigive iiin iito iiweakness iiwhich iithe iivictims iiexpress iiin iitheir iisoulful iicries.

    She iilaughs, iiunlike iiher iicondition iiwhich iiis iipoor iiaccording iito iiher iienemies. iiShe iilaughs iiwith
    iisuch iia iirich iipride iilike iiher iibackyard iihas iigoldmines iiin iiit.

    Her iienemies iiare iifull iiof iihatred. iiYet, iishe iiremains iiuntouchable iiand iirises iilike iiair iiwhich iican’t
    iibe iistopped iiby iianyone.

    Pointing iiat iithe iitreasure iiof iiher iibody, iishe iiuses iithe iiimage iiof iia iidiamond iito iidescribe iiher
    iiwomanliness.

    The iipoet iihas iilived iia iilife iiwhich iiis iisupposedly iishameful. iiSuch iiincidents iiare iithe iihuts iiof
    iihistory’s iishame. iiHer iipast iiis iifull iiof iipain. iiShe iirises iiup iiabove iiall iithis. iiShe iicompares iiherself

    iito iia iiblack iiocean. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii

    The iilight iiof iihope iiis iinow iiclear. iiShe iiis iiproud iiof iiher iiancestry iiso iishe iicelebrates iiits iigift. iiHer
    iiancestors iiwere iibrought iiinto iithe iicontinent iias iislaves iibut iithey iinever iistopped iitheir iifight. iiShe

    iiis iithe iidream iiand iithe iihope iiof iithe iislave iiand iishe iikeeps iirising.

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