Please join us for our final poetry session for the unit. We will be reading and discussing the famous poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. Please enjoy the poem and preview the questions if possible before joining class.
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"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod 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.
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?
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 backyard.
Don’t you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I’ve 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, I’ll rise.
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?
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.
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.
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Question to be discussed:
1. To whom do you think the poem is directed?
2. What message is the writer trying to give to the person or group to which she is writing? Have you ever had to give a similar message to someone? If so, when?
3. Maya Angelou is considered an American Master? What does it mean to be a “master” at something?
4. Maya Angelou turned her childhood tragedy into triumph. What lessons can we learn from her example?
5. Many of Maya Angelou’s poems are centered on empowerment, equality and self-worth. Why is this so important?
6. What do you believe the poem’s overall theme is?
7. Did you learn something new about Maya Angelou after watching the video? What are some of the key takeaways from the film?
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.
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Question to be discussed:
1. To whom do you think the poem is directed?
2. What message is the writer trying to give to the person or group to which she is writing? Have you ever had to give a similar message to someone? If so, when?
3. Maya Angelou is considered an American Master? What does it mean to be a “master” at something?
4. Maya Angelou turned her childhood tragedy into triumph. What lessons can we learn from her example?
5. Many of Maya Angelou’s poems are centered on empowerment, equality and self-worth. Why is this so important?
6. What do you believe the poem’s overall theme is?
7. Did you learn something new about Maya Angelou after watching the video? What are some of the key takeaways from the film?
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