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    This poem celebrates rising above oppression and adversity. The speaker declares that though they may face hatred, lies, dirt or gloom, they will still rise up like the air, dust, moon, sun, hopes or a black ocean. The speaker's confidence and identity cannot be broken by terror, fear or soulful cries of the past. They bring the gifts of their ancestors and are the dream and hope of slaves. No matter what obstacles they face, the speaker will continue rising up.

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    This poem celebrates rising above oppression and adversity. The speaker declares that though they may face hatred, lies, dirt or gloom, they will still rise up like the air, dust, moon, sun, hopes or a black ocean. The speaker's confidence and identity cannot be broken by terror, fear or soulful cries of the past. They bring the gifts of their ancestors and are the dream and hope of slaves. No matter what obstacles they face, the speaker will continue rising up.

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    “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou

    You may write me down in history You may kill me with your hatefulness,
    With your bitter, twisted lies, But still, like air, I’ll rise.
    You may tread me in the very dirt
    But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you?
    Does it come as a surprise
    Does my sassiness upset you? That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
    Why are you beset with gloom? At the meeting of my thighs?
    ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
    Pumping in my living room. Out of the huts of history’s shame
    I rise
    Just like moons and like suns, Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
    With the certainty of tides, I rise
    Just like hopes springing high, I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
    Still I’ll rise. Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

    Did you want to see me broken? Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
    Bowed head and lowered eyes? I rise
    Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
    Weakened by my soulful cries. I rise
    Bringing the gifts that my ancestors
    Does my haughtiness offend you? gave,
    Don’t you take it awful hard I am the dream and the hope of the
    ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines slave.
    Diggin’ in my own back yard. I rise
    I rise
    You may shoot me with your words,
    I rise.
    You may cut me with your eyes,

    Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise” from And Still I Rise. Copyright © 1978 by Maya Angelou

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