'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Still I Rise is a dynamic and innovative leadership development non-profit organization that empowers low-income and underprivileged youth and young adults to create a positive and healthy change in society. Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" is a powerful poem that draws on a range of influences, including her personal background and the African American experience in … Maya Angelou And Still I Rise reflects on how the events of history, culture and the arts shaped her life and how she, in turn, helped shape our own worldview through her autobiographical literature and activism. “It is true poetry she is writing,” M.F.K. It is one of Maya Angelou's most popular poems. With Cicely Tyson, Guy Johnson, Diahann Carroll, Don Martin. Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Still I Rise is Maya Angelou’s encouragement to women of color everywhere that yes they can achieve great things. These words reach for the heights and that is what every person should do, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or social standing. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. The first seven stanzas contain four lines, known as quatrains, stanzas eight has six lines and the ninth has nine. Just click on the video above! The first seven stanzas follow a rhyme scheme of ABCB, the eighth: ABABCC and the ninth: ABABCCBBB. Broadly speaking, the poem is an assertion of the dignity and resilience of marginalized people in the face of oppression. 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. And Still I Rise is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. Fisher has observed, “not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. The first feature documentary about … Why are you beset with gloom? Directed by Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. . Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. Does my sexiness upset you? ‘Still I Rise’ is a nine stanza poem that’s separated into uneven sets of lines. Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? . Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Want to hear Maya Angelou recite "Still I Rise" herself? When read by victims of wrongdoing, the poem becomes a kind of anthem, a beacon of hope for the oppressed and downtrodden. About And Still I Rise. "Still I Rise" is an empowering poem about the struggle to overcome prejudice and injustice. Why are you beset with gloom? STILL I RISE 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. Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” Poem “Still I Rise” was originally published in the 1978 poetry collection, And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou.“Still I Rise” is the volume’s title poem and plays a crucial role in developing the collection’s key themes. “Still I Rise” is a poem by the American civil rights activist and writer Maya Angelou. . One of Angelou's most acclaimed works, the poem was published in Angelou’s third poetry collection And Still I Rise in 1978. Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Does my sassiness upset you? Of ABCB, the poem becomes a kind of anthem, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou discovered! 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