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. . .
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.
"Still I Rise" from AND STILL I RISE: A BOOK OF POEMS by Maya Angelou, copyright
© 1978 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Question
Use the lines to answer the question.
What devices used by the poet support the interpretation that the poem emphasizes oppression? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
anaphora
anaphora
imagery
imagery
allusion
allusion
rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions
simile