Analysis of the Poem “Still, i Rise” by Maya Angelou
Words: 769 Pages: 3 17279In this poem “Still, I Rise” by Maya Angelou an African American female poet that provides an interesting blend of tones: humorous and defiant, comical and furious, self-assured and bitterness. In the poem, the use of different literary devices was used such as repetition, rhyme, symbolism, imagery, hyperbole, metaphor, rhetorical question. Angelou shows signs of repetition throughout the poem, for example, she repeats the phrase 'still I rise'. Using the expression 'still I rise' she is declaring that whatever challenge […]
