Still i rise by Maya Angelou

The poem STILL I RISE was written by Maya Angelou who is African American woman and she was living the segregation between Americans African people. Her life was never easy. From the time she was born, Maya Angelou was subjected to racism, rape, grief. It is important to read Angelou’s biography because it can help us to understand her poetry.
Angelou is open and honest about her emotions and easily passes these feelings and thoughts to her readers.
Her poem, Still I Rise, invites sureness and pride for being African American. It is a total outcry to prejudices, humiliation, and treatment. It is parallel between slavery, racism and the drug war .The theme of this poem is the irrefutable power and the spirit of the African American people, from the past and present.
In her poem ,she uses several literary devices throughout the poem. Some of the most obvious are metaphor and repetition. The personification that is seen in this poem, is when refering to ....''I''... which represents the black women.
The language is easy to understand. It doesn’t have any rhythm, however it does use metaphoric language throughout the poem for example Cause I walk like I’ve got oil well ,''pumping in my living room ''...,and .....''did you want to see me broken''.... . “Still I Rise” is a poem written in free strophe with four lines stanzas. The phrase ''Still I Rise'', and ''I rise''
are used repeatedly through out the poem. Maybe One reason blacks should rise above their oppression is so they can better themselves and in turn make a better life for their next generation.