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FINAL ANALYSIS-Still I Rise-Maya Angelou-Natalie
Bilal, Amy Colquist, Emily Eng, Sanjana Kowshik
- Theme
- you can beat someone down as hard as you can but they can still rise
- nothing stays the same forever
- it takes time, perseverance, and hard work to get what you want
- Strength is to keep trying and hold your head high despite what people think or do.
- hopefulness allows time to take the lead and make change
- Don's allow others to silence you/ make yourself heard
- overcoming oppresion
- endurance, determination, strength
- overcoming the past and conquering the future
- you can beat someone down as hard as you can but they can still rise
- Autobiographical
Elements
- Incorporates racial background
- About African American oppression, which Maya Angelou personally experienced in her life
- historical references
- slavery
- About African American oppression, which Maya Angelou personally experienced in her life
- Incorporates personal traits
- used for basis of inspiration
- used for basis of inspiration
- Incorporates her own experiences/ stories into her writing
- Poem is about her struggle, and also how she becomes strong again
- Maya Angelou stopped speaking (struggle). Started talking again after discovering new literature/love for reading
(strength).
- Maya Angelou stopped speaking (struggle). Started talking again after discovering new literature/love for reading
(strength).
- Poem is about her struggle, and also how she becomes strong again
- Incorporates racial background
- Writing
Style
- Narrator
- 1st person
- uses similes and comparisons
- talking directly to someone/the reader
- addressing white oppressors of African Americans
- shows negative view towards them
- shows negative view towards them
- addressing white oppressors of African Americans
- social commentary about racism
- written from the perspective of an African American woman
- asks questions
- 1st person
- Figurative
Language
- Metaphors
- Similes
- used to portray emotions
- "laugh like I've got gold mines...", "dance like I've got diamonds..."
- Confidence
- Confidence
- "laugh like I've got gold mines...", "dance like I've got diamonds..."
- used to portray emotions
- Symbols
- Literary Devices
- Changes mood in each stanza
- Questions to engage reader
- Rhyme- every other sentence
- Repetition of phrases
- Changes mood in each stanza
- comparisons
- Metaphors
- Word
Choice
- harsh words to show severity
- cut
- kill
- bitter
- twisted
- shoot
- cut
- sorrowful words to show the disparity
- soulful
- gloom
- broken
- shame
- soulful
- racial/geographical
pronunciations
- diggin'
- 'cause
- diggin'
- harsh words to show severity
- Character Development
- hopeful for
change
- Perseverence
- Shows clear anger and
defiance
- Weak at first, by the end the character is strong
- Struggle, but then confidence shown through words "I rise"
- hopeful for
change
- Narrator
- Characters
- African
American
- slave background
- slave background
- angry
- Strong character
- bold
- confident
- determined
- bold
- sasssy
- haughty
- personality valued above money
- African
American
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